Aspicilia malvinae Fryday & T.B. Wheeler


Source: Fryday AM, Wheeler TB, Etayo J. A new species of Aspicilia (Megasporaceae), with a new lichenicolous Sagediopsis (Adelococcaceae), from the Falkland Islands. The Lichenologist. 2021;53(4):307-315. doi:10.1017/S0024282921000244 - CC BY 4.0
Falkland Islands, East Falkland, Lafonia, 3.5 km west of Walker Creek, east side of stream north of road, 51.97705°S, 58.82285°W, 21 m, low dolerite outcrop in Empetrum heath above stream, 12 November 2015, A. M. Fryday 11433 & A. Orange (MSC0057604—holotype).
Aspicilia malvinae (Fryday 11433, holotype). A, thallus with immersed apothecia. B, thallus with ±emergent apothecia. Scales = 2 mm.


Source: Fryday AM, Wheeler TB, Etayo J. A new species of Aspicilia (Megasporaceae), with a new lichenicolous Sagediopsis (Adelococcaceae), from the Falkland Islands. The Lichenologist. 2021;53(4):307-315. doi:10.1017/S0024282921000244 - CC BY 4.0
Falkland Islands, East Falkland, Lafonia, 3.5 km west of Walker Creek, east side of stream north of road, 51.97705°S, 58.82285°W, 21 m, low dolerite outcrop in Empetrum heath above stream, 12 November 2015, A. M. Fryday 11433 & A. Orange (MSC0057604—holotype).
Aspicilia malvinae (A–C, E & F, Fryday 11433, holotype; D, Fryday 11008). A, section through thallus and apothecium. B, section of apothecium. C, immature ascus. D, mature ascus with ascospores. E & F, paraphyses showing constricted septa in upper part (F). Scales: A = 2 mm; B = 100 μm; C & E = 20 μm; D & F = 10 μm.