Abstract

A survey of the calicioid lichens and fungi of Japan based on collections made by G. Thor during 1994 to 1999, and additional herbarium material is given. Bunodophoron and Sphaerophorus are not revised, but included by summarizing literature reports. 50 species are accepted as recorded from Japan, most of them restricted to old-growth, humid, boreal to temperate coniferous forests. The genus Sclerophora is reported from Japan for the first time. One species, Calicium muriformis, is described as new, and 23 species are reported as new to Japan: Calicium chlorosporum, C. salicinum, Chaenotheca chlorella, C. trichialis, Chaenothecopsis asperopoda, C brevipes, C. consociata, C. debilis, C. irregularis, C. nana, C. pusiola, C. rubescens, C. sanguinea, C. viridireagens, Mycocalicium albonigrum, Phaeocalicium compressulum, Sclerophora amabilis, S. coniophaea, S. nivea, Sphinctrina leucopoda, S. turbinata, Stenocybe pullatula, and S. septata. Calicium japonicum and C. nipponense are taxonomic synonyms of C chlorosporum, Calicium sub-quercinum f. dispersum of C. lenticulare, Mycocalicium japonicum of Sphinctrina tubaeformis, and Pyrgillus boninensis of P. javanicus. Lectotypes for Calicium japonicum, C. subquercinum, C. subquercinum f. dispersum, and Mycocalicium japonicum have been designated. Three earlier reported species, Calicium viride, Chaenotheca gracilenta and Stenocybe major, are excluded from the Japanese lichen flora since the reports were based on misidentifications. Most of the species are antitropical or have a Northern Hemispere temperate distribution. All species of calicioid lichens and fungi previously reported from Japan are included and references to earlier publications are provided. Keys to the taxa are presented, and short descriptions, diagnostic features, and notes on distributions are included

Keywords

Calicioid lichens; fungi; Japan

Published in

Journal- Hattori Botanical Laboratory
2003, number: 94, pages: 205-259
Publisher: HATTORI BOTANICAL LABORATORY

SLU Authors

• Thor, Göran

  • Department of Conservation Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

UKÄ Subject classification

Environmental Sciences related to Agriculture and Land-use
Landscape Architecture
Forest Science


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