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Data from: Megalaria allenae (Ramalinaceae), a new sorediate species from southeastern North America previously confused with M. pulverea

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McMullin, Richard Troy; Lendemer, James C. (2017). Data from: Megalaria allenae (Ramalinaceae), a new sorediate species from southeastern North America previously confused with M. pulverea [Dataset]. Dryad. https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.66qh9

Abstract

Megalaria allenae, a blue-gray to green-blue sterile sorediate crustose lichen containing atranorin, fumarprotocetraric acid and zeorin, is described as new to science. It is corticolous on deciduous trees and endemic to swamp forests of the Atlantic Coastal Plain of southeastern North America. As sexual reproductive structures are unknown in the species, the generic placement and relationship with M. pulverea were determined using molecular phylogenetic analyses of ITS and mtSSU sequence data.

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Funding

National Science Foundation, Award: NSF DEB-1145511

Location

Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain
North America