Three new species of Chapsa (lichenized Ascomycota: Ostropales: Graphidaceae) from tropical Asia

Lichenologist

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 373-379

  Weerakoon, Gothamie ^a   Rivas Plata, Eimy ^b   Lumbsch, H Thorsten ^c   Lücking, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SRI JAYEWARDENEPURA   (Sri Lanka)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lecanoromycetes; lichens; paleotropics; taxonomy; Thelotremataceae

Indexed keywords

ASCOMYCOTA; GRAPHIDACEAE; LECANOROMYCETES; LUCKING; OSTROPALES; THELOTREMATACEAE;

EID: 84859301992     PISSN: 00242829     EISSN: 10961135     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0024282911000892     Document Type: Article

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