The lichenicolous fungi of the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica : species diversity and identification guide

This paper contributes 96 species to the biota of lichenicolous fungi in the South Shetland Islands archipelago. New to science are the following genera: Antarctosphaeria Alstrup & Olech, gen. nov., Dahawkswia Alstrup & Olech, gen. nov., Lichenohostes Alstrup & Olech, gen. nov., Llanorella Alstrup & Olech, gen. nov., Phaeosporodendron Alstrup & Olech, gen. nov., and Prostratomyces Alstrup & Olech, gen. nov. Additionally, 31 species are described as new to science. These are: Antarctosphaeria bireagens Alstrup & Olech, sp. nov., A. lichenicola Alstrup & Olech, sp. nov., Arthonia dufayelensis Alstrup & Olech, sp. nov., A. livingstonensis Alstrup & Olech, sp. nov., A. massalongiae Alstrup & Olech, sp. nov., A. pertusariicola Alstrup & Olech, sp. nov., A. rakusae Alstrup & Olech, sp. nov., Carbonea austroshetlandica Alstrup & Olech, sp. nov., Cercidospora pertusariicola Alstrup & Olech, sp. nov., Dactylospora antarctica Alstrup & Olech, sp. nov., D. haematommatis Alstrup & Olech, sp. nov., Dahawkswia lichenicola Alstrup & Olech, sp. nov., Dendrophoma acarosporae Alstrup & Olech, sp. nov., Didymellopsis antarctica Alstrup & Olech, sp. nov., Lichenohostes citrinospora Alstrup & Olech, sp. nov., Lichenostigma corymbosae Alstrup & Olech, sp. nov., Llanorella ramalinae Alstrup & Olech, sp. nov., Metasphaeria verrucosa Alstrup & Olech, sp. nov., Micarea lichenicola Alstrup & Olech, sp. nov., Phaeospora antarctica Alstrup & Olech, sp. nov., P. convolutae Alstrup & Olech, sp. nov., Phaeosporodendron badiae Alstrup & Olech, sp. nov., Phoma acarosporae Alstrup & Olech, sp. nov., Prostratomyces leprariae Alstrup & Olech, sp. nov., P. ochrolechiae Alstrup & Olech, sp. nov., P. rhizocarpicolae Alstrup & Olech, sp. nov., Rhagadostoma antarctica Alstrup & Olech, sp. nov., Sphaerellothecium placopsiicola Alstrup & Olech, sp. nov., Stigmidium placopsiicola Alstrup & Olech, sp. nov., Taeniolella frigidae Alstrup & Olech, sp. nov., and Tetramelas caloplacae Alstrup & Olech, sp. nov. Furthermore, a literature survey was undertaken, which resulted in the preparation of an identification guide for the lichenicolous species occurring in the South Shetlands Islands

The lichens and lichenicolous fungi of South Greenland

This list enumerates all lichenized and lichenicolous fungi known from the west coast of South Greenland between 60o10’N and 61o20’N. 744 lichen species and infraspecific taxa, 156 lichenicolous and six allied fungi are treated. New to Greenland are: Absconditella trivialis, Acarospora complanata, A. wahlenbergii, Agonimia gelatinosa, Anema nummularium, Arthonia nephromiaria, Arthrorhaphis aeruginosa, A. olivaceae, Bacidia beckhausii, Bellemerea diamarta, Biatora pullata, Botryolepraria lesdainii, Buellia arnoldii, B. erubescens, B. ocellata, B. thiopoliza, Caloplaca citrina, Cercidospora verrucosaria, Cliostomum pallens, Clypeococcum cetrariae, Dactylospora deminuta, Endococcus verrucisporus, E. verrucosus, Epibryon conduc- trix, Epicladonia simplex, Fuscidea mollis var. caesioalbescens, Hypogymnia vittata, Lecanora aitema, L. cadubriae, L.campestris, L. carpoides, L. subaurea, Lecidea turgidula, Lecidella anomaloides, Lepraria eburnea chemotype II, L. rigidula, Leucocarpia dictyospora, Lichenoconium edgewoodensis, L. pyxidatae, Lichenostigma arctoparmeliae, Merismatium decolorans, Micarea prasina, Muellerella ventosicola, Mycobilimbia epixanthoides, Mycoblastus fucatus, Nigropuncta rugulosa, Pertusaria corallina, Phacopsis doerfeltii, P. huuskonenii, Phoma cladoniicola, Placynthiella dasaea, Polyblastia inumbrata, Porpidia superba, Protoblastenia rupestris ssp. rhodothecia, Protoparmelia leproloma, Pyrrhospora rubiginans, Rhagadostoma brevisporum, Rhizocarpon lindsayanum, R. roridulum, Rhizoplaca glaucophana, Rimularia fuscosora, Rinodina gennarii, R. septentrionalis, Sagediopsis aquatica, Sarcopyrenia gibba, Sphaerellothecium atryneae, S. stereocaulorum, Squamarina nivalis, Stereocaulon pileatum, S. subcoralloides, Stigmidium joergensenii, S. mitchelii, S. mycobilimbiae, S. pumilum, Taeniolella verrucosa, Thelidium zwackhii, Thelocarpon impressellum, Thrombium basalticum, Toninia ruginosa, Trapelia involuta, Xylographa trunciseda, X. vitilago, Zwackhiomyces coepulonus, and Z. lacustris. Further 77 species of lichens and 57 species of lichenicolous fungi are new to the area. The new combination Naetrocymbe kentrospora is proposed.