biostudies-literatureUnknown108Zhang YTwo new species; <i>Lobothalliacrenulata</i> Lun Wang & Y. Y. Zhang, <i>L.lobulata</i> Lun Wang & Y. Y. Zhang and one new variety; L.subdiffractavar.rimosa Lun Wang & Y. Y. Zhang, are reported from China and described, based on morphological, chemical and molecular characters. Phylogenetic analyses showed that these new taxa form monophyletic groups. <i>Lobothalliacrenulata</i> and <i>L.lobulata</i>, together with <i>L.hydrocharis</i>, <i>L.radiosa</i> and <i>L.recedens</i>, form a well-supported clade, whereas L.subdiffractavar.rimosa is nested within the samples of <i>L.subdiffracta</i>. <i>Lobothalliacrenulata</i> is characterised by its placodioid thallus, thickly pruinose upper surface with a rimose appearance, aspicilioid to lecanorine apothecia with a crenate thalline margin and conMycoKeys351-369https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC11420544biostudies-literatureThree new taxa of the lichen genus <i>Lobothallia</i> (Megasporaceae, Ascomycota) from China.PMC11420544Cheng SLiu JZhang YWang XYu XWang LfalseThree new taxa of the lichen genus <i>Lobothallia</i> (Megasporaceae, Ascomycota) from China.Two new species; <i>Lobothalliacrenulata</i> Lun Wang & Y. Y. Zhang, <i>L.lobulata</i> Lun Wang & Y. Y. Zhang and one new variety; L.subdiffractavar.rimosa Lun Wang & Y. Y. Zhang, are reported from China and described, based on morphological, chemical and molecular characters. Phylogenetic analyses showed that these new taxa form monophyletic groups. <i>Lobothalliacrenulata</i> and <i>L.lobulata</i>, together with <i>L.hydrocharis</i>, <i>L.radiosa</i> and <i>L.recedens</i>, form a well-supported clade, whereas L.subdiffractavar.rimosa is nested within the samples of <i>L.subdiffracta</i>. <i>Lobothalliacrenulata</i> is characterised by its placodioid thallus, thickly pruinose upper surface with a rimose appearance, aspicilioid to lecanorine apothecia with a crenate thalline margin and con2024-01-01T00:00:00Z20242026-04-21T03:24:58.57Z2025-04-04T19:38:42.267ZS-EPMC114205443931842310.3897/mycokeys.108.126994