Phyllopsora africana Timdal & Krog

Kistenich, Sonja, Bendiksby, Mika, Vairappan, Charles S., Weerakoon, Gothamie, Wijesundara, Siril, Wolseley, Patricia A. & Timdal, Einar, 2019, A regional study of the genus Phyllopsora (Ramalinaceae) in Asia and Melanesia, MycoKeys 53, pp. 23-72 : 23

Phyllopsora africana Timdal & Krog

Description.

Timdal and Krog (2001), Elix (2009).

Distribution.

Africa ( Timdal and Krog 2001), Asia, Australia ( Elix 2009).

Remarks.

See discussion above and Kistenich et al. (in press) for taxonomic discussion. The species (Fig. 2A) is one of the most common in our material, represented by 59 collections (Suppl. material 2: Table S1). We found both isidate and lacinulate morphs as well as representatives of all three chemotypes (i.e., chemotype 1 contains chlorophyllopsorin and argopsin; chemotype 2 contains methyl 2,7-dichloropsoromate and methyl 2,7-dichloronorpsoromate; chemotype 3 contains chlorophyllopsorin, methyl 2,7-dichloropsoromate, methyl 2,7-dichloronorpsoromate, and argopsin) among the material. It is the phylogenetic sister to P. swinscowii (Fig. 1). The species is new to Asia and Melanesia, i.e. to Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, The Philippines, The Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vanuatu.