Phyllopsora neofoliata Elix

Kistenich, Sonja, Bendiksby, Mika, Vairappan, Charles S., Weerakoon, Gothamie, Wijesundara, Siril, Wolseley, Patricia A. & Timdal, Einar, 2019, A regional study of the genus Phyllopsora (Ramalinaceae) in Asia and Melanesia, MycoKeys 53, pp. 23-72 : 23

Phyllopsora neofoliata Elix

Description.

Elix (2006, 2009).

Distribution.

Africa ( Kistenich et al. in press), Asia, Australia ( Elix 2009).

Remarks.

This originally Australian species is reported as new to Africa (Kenya) by Kistenich et al. (in press) and here as new to Asia (Sri Lanka; Fig. 8A). Both the African and Sri Lankan specimens were sequenced (mtSSU and ITS) and found to conform with sequences of an isotype (O L-1319). The species is generally identified by the squamulose, lacinulate thallus containing furfuraceic acid.