Claim · model-written summary
ITS phylogeny placed the new species closest to C. gracilenta and C. gracillima.
- Taxon
- Chaenotheca nitidulaChaenotheca nitidulae1
- Outcome
- most closely related to Chaenotheca gracilenta and C. gracillimae0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentComparatorSettingDirectionValueQualifier
Verbatim
e0“C. nitidula was most closely related to Chaenotheca gracilenta and C. gracillima”
e1“Chaenotheca nitidula”
Title
Chaenotheca nitidula, A New Species of Calicioid Lichen from Northeastern North America
Leif Tibell; Anna Koffman The Bryologist 2002. doi:10.1639/0007-2745(2002)105[0353:cnanso]2.0.co;2
Other claims from this paper (4)
- Observation Chaenotheca nitidula was described as a new species.
- Observation The new species has shining stalks, small spherical non-pruinose capitula and immersed thallus.
- Observation The new lichen associates with Stichococcus as photobiont.
- Observation The species occurs on conifer wood in old woodlands and was recorded in Maine and New Brunswick.