Taxonavigation
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Ramalinaceae
Genus: Bacidina
Species: Bacidina contecta
Name
Bacidina contecta S.Ekman & T.Sprib., 2009
MycoBank Accession Number: MB 511749
Type locality: CANADA. British Columbia: Sicamous Creek Research area: 10 km ESE of Sicamous, 50o50'N, 118o50'W, old-growth forest (ESSF/UB zone), N-facing old-growth (Picea/Abies) forest, partially cut, 1700 m, 22 Aug 1995, Goward 95-1095 & D. Miege (holotype UBC-L32407; isotype UPS)
Etymology: The participle contectus alludes to the fact that the species is "hidden" or "concealed" among morphologically similar species of Biatora on the bases of ericaceous shrubs.
Ecology and distribution: B. contecta has been found on the stalks of Vaccinium spp. (Vaccinium membranaceum, Vaccinium ovalifolium) and Rhododendron albiflorum in montane Thuja plicata-Tsuga heterophylla and Abies lasiocarpa-Picea engelmannii forests in the greater inland rain forest region of British Columbia, Idaho, and Montana.
References
- Spribille, T., Björk, C.R., Ekman, S., Elix, J.A., Goward, T., Printzen, C., Tønsberg, T. & Wheeler, T. 2009. Contributions to an epiphytic lichen flora of northwest North America: I. Eight new species from British Columbia inland rain forests. The Bryologist 112(1): 109–137. (RLL List # 214 / Rec. # 31494 - Recent Literature on Lichens) (JSTOR) (BioOne) Reference page. (Bacidina contecta: pp. 114-117; color photos: fig. 2A, habit; fig. 2B, excipular hyphae; fig. 3A, section of areole; fig. 12, map)