Two species new to science described by a team of researchers from the Laboratory of Lichenology and Experimental Mycology, Department of Taxonomy and Nature Conservation
The article entitled ‘Fungal diversity notes 2017–2122: taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions to freshwater fungi and other fungal taxa’ was published in Fungal Diversity: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13225-025-00560-3. IF 24,8.
It contains a description of two species new to science, Cora dalfornoae and Parmelia neosaxatilis, authored by Prof. Martin Kukwa, Dr Beata Guzow-Krzemińska, Dr Magdalena Kosecka, Dr Magdalena Oset and Dr Emilia Ossowska.
Cora dalfornoae Oset, Kukwa & Guzow-Krzem. is a new species within the genus Cora (Basidiomycota, Agaricales, Lichenomphaliaceae), which differs genetically and morphologically, i.e. in the colour of the upper surface of the thallus, from closely related species. The fresh thallus is olive green to dark olive grey, but distinctly brown in the central part. It is a terrestrial lichen found at three sites in the mountainous region of Bolivia (Fig. 1).
Parmelia neosaxatilis Ossowska, Kosecka & Kukwa is a new species within the genus Parmelia (Ascomycota, Lecanorales, Parmeliaceae), morphologically, chemically and genetically similar to Parmelia saxatilis. However, it is distinguished by the arrangement of its pseudocyphellae, which are elongated and connected and forming a reticulate network. It is probably endemic to Sardinia (Fig. 2).
