PYRENOCARPOUS LICHENS AND RELATED NON-LICHENIZED ASCOMYCETES FROM TAIWAN

Abstract

  101 species of pyrenocarpous lichens and related ascomycetes from Taiwan are reported. All but five are new to Taiwan. The following species are new to science: Epigloea sparrii, Navicella diabola and Pyrenula laii. Several represent considerable range extensions: Lithothelium submuriforme, Placidiopsis hypothallina, Polymeridium campylothelioides, Porina papuensis, P. ulceratula, Staurothele pallidopora, Strigula muriformis, Verrucaria aucklandica and V. phaeoderma are all new to the Northern Hemisphere. Several other species, e.g. Agonimia opuntiella, Chromatochlamys muscorum, Endocarpon adscendens, E. simplicatum, Lithothelium triseptatum, Porina africana, P. hibernica, Psoroglaena cubensis, Strigula jamesii, Thelidium pluvium, Thelocarpon olivaceum, Verrucaria fusconigrescens, V. microsporoides, V. pinguicula and V. prominula are apparently new to (East) Asia.