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(American Journal of Botany. 2007;94:1289-1296.)
© 2007 Botanical Society of America, Inc.

Bryology and Lichenology

Multiclavula ichthyiformis (Fungi: Basidiomycota: Cantharellales: Clavulinaceae), a remarkable new basidiolichen from Costa Rica1

Matthew P. Nelsen, Robert Lücking7, Loengrin Umaña, Marie T. Trest, Susan Will-Wolf, José Luis Chaves and Andrea Gargas

Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706-1381 USA; Biotechnology Research Center, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan 49931-1295 USA; Department of Botany, The Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois 60605-2496 USA; Laboratorio de Hongos, Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (INBio), Apdo. 22-3100, Santo Domingo, Costa Rica; Symbiology LLC, Middleton, Wisconsin 53562-1230 USA

ABSTRACT

The new basidiolichen Multiclavula ichthyiformis Nelsen, Lücking, Umaña, Trest & Will-Wolf is described from Costa Rica. The new species differs from other species of Multiclavula in having a basidiocarp with tomentose stipe and flattened lamina with nonamphigenous hymenium. Molecular sequence data (ITS) confirmed its placement within Multiclavula in the Clavulinaceae (Cantharellales, Agaricomycetes). The new lichen was discovered in a Central American paramo remnant, illustrating the importance of biotic inventories of fungi and lichens to increase our knowledge of the diversity of these groups in endangered tropical ecosystems. The new species was found as part of the TICOLICHEN project in Costa Rica.

Key Words: Basidiomycota • Cantharellales • Clavulinaceae • Costa Rica • fungi • new species • TICOLICHEN biodiversity inventory






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