Two new species of Myriospora (Lecanoromycetes, Acarosporomycetidae, Acarosporales, Acarosporaceae) from Europe, one last observed in 1925
We describe Myriospora hilitzeri from the Czech Republic, Germany and Italy. It is named after the Czech lichenologist and science fiction writer Alfred C. Hilitzer (1899–1940). The species Acarospora smaragdula form macrophylla was described by Magnusson from a single collection by A. C. Hilitzer from the summit of Keprník Mountain in Jeseníky Mountains of the Czech Republic on some gneiss rocks in 1925. It has never been collected again and is possibly extinct. It is raised to the species level in this paper as Myriospora macrophylla . A world-wide key of the 15 species of Myriospora is supplied.
Authors
- Kerry Knudsen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5419-5729)
- Jana Kocourková (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5511-9752)
- Tereza Pušová (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-2566-5266)
- Eva Kondrysová
Institutions
- Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (CZ)
Publication Details
- Journal
- MycoKeys
- Published
- 2026-08-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.139.200273
- Primary Topic
- Lichen and fungal ecology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Česká Zemědělská Univerzita v Praze