Revision of the Lichen Genus Stereocaulon (Stereocaulaceae, Ascomycota) in South Korea.

ABSTRACT: Lichen genus Stereocaulon (Schreb.) Hoffm is distributed throughout the world. Although 15 Stereocaulon species have been recorded in Korea, no detailed taxonomic or revisionary research has been conducted for nearly two decades. In this study, we collected 260 putative Stereocaulon spp. samples and identified the species based on morphological, chemical, and molecular characteristics. From the collected samples, 10 species of Stereocaulon were identified, nine of which had already been reported, although this was the first report for the tenth, S. octomerellum Hue, in Korea. General characteristics of Stereocaulon spp. include coralloid phyllocladia and tubercular cephalodia; however, the specimen first collected in Korea was a rare species

SUBMITTER: Park JS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6023260 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature