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Notes on the Existence of Leucodecton desquamescens (Thelotremoid Graphidaceae) in South Korea
Yogesh Joshi1, Xin Yu Wang, Thi Thuy Nguyen
1Korean Lichen Research Institute, Sunchon National University, Sunchon 540-742, Korea.
Abstract:
This study describes a new record of a thelotremoid lichen (Leucodecton desquamescens) from South Korea. The taxon is characterized by thick, bulging thallus with many calcium oxalate crystal inclusions; an immersed, round to irregular ascomata with free exciple, ellipsoid to ± roundish submuriform, brown ascospores, and lack of secondary metabolites. A detailed taxonomic description and comments are presented for this taxon. The lichen genus Leucodecton is reported for the first time in South Korea.
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