Aspicilia aomoriana Hue (1910: 84)

Paukov, Alexander, Nordin, Anders, Roux, Claude, Moon, Kwang Hee & Davydov, Evgeny, 2017, Lectotypification and synonymization of some Aspicilia species (Megasporaceae, Ascomycota) described by A. Hue from Korea and Japan, Phytotaxa 291 (1), pp. 94-98 : 95

Aspicilia aomoriana Hue (1910: 84)

Type (lectotype, designated here):— JAPAN. Aomori, March 1899, R. P. Faurie 3528 ( LE L-7519!, isolectotype BM 001107768 [digital photograph!]).

Aspicilia aomoriana is externally very similar to the type specimen of Aspicilia verrucigera , which was described in the same paper ( Fig. 1E ). The former was places by Hue into the group III “Hyphae corticis superioris ramosae” while the latter belongs to the group II “Hyphae corticis superioris raro simplicis, saepius ramosae”. According to our measurements conidia of A. aomoriana are (15.8) 16.5–[16.8]–17.1 (18.5) μm long (n=10) that is greater than mentioned by Hue (10–15 μm) and fully agree with those of A. verrucigera ( Nordin et al. 2008, Paukov et al. 2016). The spores of the specimen are mainly not ripe but developed ones are 16.0–20.0 × 9.0–10.5 μm (n=5). This and the next species were described from the northernmost part of Honshu Island. Aspicilia verrucigera has not been included into the Checklist of Japanese lichens and allied fungi ( Kurokawa & Kashiwadani 2006) and is reported here as new to Japan.

Figures

FIGURE 1. A. Aspicilia adamanticola, part of the lectotype (LE L-7526). B. A. exserta, part of the lectotype (LE L-7526a). C. A. dimorphodes, part of the lectotype (LE L-7522). D. A. fauriana, part of the lectotype (LE L-7525). E. A. aomoriana, part of the lectotype (LE L-7519). F. A. owaniana, part of the lectotype (LE L-7516). G. A. geographica, part of the lectotype (LE L-7616). H. A. microsporeta, part of the lectotype (LE L-7531). Bars = 1 mm.