Warts Galore – on Three New Lamprospora De Not. Species (Pezizales) from Southern Europe and Macaronesia and a Type Revision of Three Species Described from the US by F. J. Seaver in the 1910s

• DOI: 10.5252/cryptogamie-mycologie2021v42a6
• Publication Date: 2021-07-13T15:07:47Z
• Authors: Marcel Vega; Lukáš Janošík; Jan Eckstein; Rubén Martínez-Gil; Enrique Rubio
• Keywords: Monophyly

Lamprospora bulbiformis M.Vega & Janošík, sp. nov., L. gibbosa nov. and thelespora Martínez-Gil, E.Rubio, are described illustrated based on live collections from Cyprus, France, Portugal Spain. Phylogenetic analyses of the concatenated LSU, SSU EF1-α gene sequences show studied three species form well supported monophyletic clades. infects Fissidens viridulus (Sw. ex anon.) Wahlenb., has F. crassipes Wilson Bruch Schimp. as host grows Cheilothela chloropus (Brid.) Broth. Three De Not. namely tuberculata Seaver, tuberculatella Seaver spinulosa with a slightly similar ascospore ornamentation were by US collections. Results our studies their types additional material collected presented. The is Pleuridium subulatum (Hedw.) Rabenh., that Weissia Hedw. Physcomitrium pyriforme It yet to be proven North America also occur in Europe. European assigned any require revision. not unlikely many or even all them represent taxa described. A considerable part existing literature bryophilous Pezizales needs reevaluated.