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Nova ocorrência de Leprocaulon Nyl. ex Lamy (Incertae Sedis, Lecanorales) para o estado do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil

2012; UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL; Volume: 10; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

1679-2343

Natália Mossmann Koch, Suzana Maria de Azevedo Martins, Rage Weidner Maluf,

Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases

The genus Leprocaulon is a lichenized anamorphic fungi, characterized by the fruticose aspect, presence of phyllocladia and absence of a cortical layer. Until now, Leprocaulon was only registered in Minas Gerais, Parana and Rio de Janeiro. In the present work, this genus is registered for the first time in the State of Rio Grande do Sul. The specimen was identified as Leprocaulon albicans (Th. Fr.) Nyl. ex Hue, and it was collected in the city of Sao Francisco de Paula, in an area of Araucaria forest, on the cortex of a tree which was also covered by other lichens and mosses.