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Xin Li Wei1, Keon Seon Han, You Mi Lee
1Key Laboratory of Systematic Mycology & Lichenology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, People's Republic of China. ; Korean Lichen Research Institute, Sunchon National University, Sunchon 540-742, Republic of Korea.
Abstract:
Lecanora muralis was found on the rock along coastal line during the field trip in Jeju island in 2006. Thallus crustose, placodioid, closely adnate, forming orbicular patches; upper surface grayish green, glossy; central lobes areolate, marginal parts plane, edges thin pruinose; lower surface ecorticate; apothecia sessile, lecanorine type, exciple dense and intact when young, and disc plane, but when mature, exciple laciniate, disc protrudent, yellowish brown to orange, 0.5~1.5 mm in diameter; ascospores ellipsoid, simple, colorless, 12.5~15.0 × 5.0~7.5 µm. Usnic acid and zeorin contained in thallus. This is the first record of this species in South Korea.
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