Fifty-one species of lichenicolous fungi are reported from Kamchatka, all but three being new to the area. Epinephroma gen. nov., Endococcus peltigericola sp. nov. (on Peltigera membranacea), Epinephroma kamchatica sp. nov. (on Nephroma parile) and Stigmidium buelliae sp. nov. (on Buellia disciformis) are described as new to science. Phoma lobariicola is new to Asia and Russia, Epicladonia stenospora, Plectocarpon peltigerae, Sphaerellothecium propinquellum and Tremella cetrariicola are new to Asia, Zwackhiomyces sphinctrinoides is new to Russia.
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1 June 2012
Lichenicolous fungi from the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia
Mikhail P. Zhurbenko,
Dmitry E. Himelbrant,
Ekaterina S. Kuznetsova,
Irina S. Stepanchikova
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The Bryologist
Vol. 115 • No. 2
Summer 2012
Vol. 115 • No. 2
Summer 2012
Beringia
biogeography
lichenicolous fungi
North-East Asia
Russia
taxonomy