Plant Diversity ›› 2008, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (6): 655-656.DOI: 10.3724 SP.J.1143.2008.08063

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Involucropyrenium (Verrucariaceae) , a Lichen Genus New to China

SUN Zhong-Shuai1 , REN Qiang1 , LIU Hua-Jie2 , ZHAO Zun-Tian1   

  1. 1 College of Life Sciences, Shandong Normal University , Jinan 250014 , China ;
    2 College of Life Sciences , Hebei University , Baoding 071002 , China
  • Received:2008-04-11 Online:2008-12-25 Published:2008-12-25

Abstract: The genus Involucropyrenium is reported from China for the first time . It is characterized by a minutely squamulose thallus, perithecia situated between the squamules, an involucrellum enveloping the whole ascomata, and comparatively large ascospores .

Key words: Lichen

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