Neobaryopsis ciliaris (Etayo) Darmostuk, Etayo, Kukwa & Flakus, 2025

Darmostuk, Valerii, Etayo, Javier, Rodriguez-Flakus, Pamela, Kukwa, Martin & Flakus, Adam, 2025, Expanding the genus Neobaryopsis (Calcarisporiaceae, Hypocreales): descriptions of two new species and two new combinations based on morphological and molecular data, MycoKeys 124, pp. 291-308 : 291-308

Neobaryopsis ciliaris (Etayo) Darmostuk, Etayo, Kukwa & Flakus comb. nov.

Neobarya ciliaris Etayo , Biblioth. Lichenol. 84: 74 (2002). Basionym.

Typus.

Colombia • Nariño, Pasto, corregimiento El Encano, vereda Sta. Isabel, 30 - S lago La Cocha (Guamués) , 2700 m, en cilios de Leucodermia lutescens , July 1998, J. Etayo 17386, J. Muñoz & B. Ramírez ( holotype COL!, isotype hb. Etayo!) .

For detailed description see ( Etayo 2002).

Notes.

This species was described from a few localities in Colombia growing on Heterodermia s. lat. (including Leucodermia spp. ) ( Etayo 2002), with subsequent records from Bolivia and Ecuador ( Etayo 2017; this study). Neobaryopsis ciliaris typically grows on the cilia of the host, though in some specimens it was found on the lower surface of the thalli.

Specimens examined.

Bolivia • Dept. Chuquisaca, Prov. Belisario Boeto, close to Padilla between Nuevo Mundo and Santa Rosa , 18°57'12"S, 64°16'37"W, 1790 m, transition between Boliviano-Tucumano forests and dry inter-Andean vegetation, on cilia of Leucodermia leucomelos , 16 Jul. 2015, J. Etayo 29440 (hb. Etayo, LPB) • Prov. Hernando Siles, 15 km west of Monte Agudo , 19°48'57"S, 64°06'00"W, 1815 m, disturbed Tucumano-Boliviano forest, on cilia of Leucodermia leucomelos , 20 Jul. 2015, J. Etayo 30322 (hb. Etayo, LPB) • Dept. Cochabamba, Prov. Carrasco, near Río Batea Mayu close to Monte Punku, lower montane Yungas cloud forest , 17°32'27"S, 65°16'14"W, 2553 m, on corticolous Leucodermia leucomelos , 28 Nov. 2014, M. Kukwa 15158 b ( LPB) • ibid., 17°31'33"S, 65°16'21"W, 2430 m, lower montane Yungas cloud forest, on thallus of Heterodermia sp. on trunk, 28 Nov. 2014, J. Etayo 34196 (hb. Etayo) • ibid., near Río Lopez Mendoza , 17°30'25"S, 65°16'51"W, 2248 m, lower montane Yungas cloud forest, on thallus of Heterodermia japonica on trunk, 27 Nov. 2014, J. Etayo 33933 ( LPB, hb. Etayo) • ibid., Wayra Mayu close to Monte Punku , 17°33'30"S, 65°16'08"W, 2750 m, on corticolous Leucodermia leucomelos , 28 Nov. 2014, M. Kukwa 15174 b ( LPB) • valle de Zongo, bosque nublado, near metal bridge , 16°07'41"S, 68°05'55"W, 2450 m, on cilia of Heterodermia sp. , 29 May 2011, J. Etayo 26735 ( LPB) • Prov. Tiraque, Parque Nacional Carrasco, Camino de las Nubes-Cotany Alto road , 17°17'28"S, 65°44'05"W, 4146 m, open high Andean vegetation, on cilia of corticolous Leucodermia leucomelos , 2 Dec. 2014, J. Etayo 29629 ( LPB) • Dept. La Paz, Prov. Bautista-Saavedra, Área Natural de Manejo Integrado Nacional Apolobamba, near la Curva, W oriented valley close to Charazani , 15°06'30"S, 69°01'50"W, 3550 m, open area with schrubs and Polylepis near the river, on cilia of Leucodermia boryi on twigs, 14 Nov. 2014, J. Etayo 35009 (hb. Etayo, LPB) • Prov. Franz Tamayo, Área Natural de Manejo Integrado Nacional Apolobamba, below Pelechuco , 14°49'08"S, 69°03'50"W, 3560 m, open area with shrubs and Polylepis trees, on cilia of Leucodermia boryi on tree, 20 Nov. 2014, J. Etayo 34451 (hb. Etayo, LPB) • Parque Nacional y Área Natural de Manejo Integrado Madidi, below Keara Bajo , 14°41'47"S, 69°04'10"W, 3160 m, open area with shrubs and scattered trees, on cilia of Leucodermia vulgaris on trunk, 18 Nov. 2014, J. Etayo 34418 (hb. Etayo, LPB) • Dept. Santa Cruz, Prov. Caballero, El Camino de las Orquídeas , 17°50'27"S, 64°41'59"W, 2510 m, Yungas cloud forest, on cilia of Heterodermia podocarpa , 17 Aug. 2012, J. Etayo 28802 (hb. Etayo, LPB) .