عنوان	Megaspora rimisorediata (Pertusariales, Megasporaceae), a new sorediate species from Iran and its affinities with Aspicilia sensu lato
نوع پژوهش	مقاله چاپ‌شده در مجلات علمی
کلیدواژه‌ها	Asia,ITS,lichenized Ascomycota,SplitsTree,taxonomy
چکیده	The new species Megaspora rimisorediata Valadbeigi & A. Nordin is described from Iran, where it mainly grows on tree bark but also on calciferous rocks and mosses. It is characterized by a pale ochraceous to bluish grey, cracked and sorediate thallus, very rarely producing ascomata. It appears to be rather commonly distributed in Iran. Its close affinity with Megaspora verrucosa is illustrated in a graph resulting from a phylogenetic network analysis of nuclear rDNA ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 sequences from specimens representing the different genera of Megasporaceae.
پژوهشگران	طاهره ولدبیگی (نفر اول)، اندره نوردین (نفر دوم)، لیف تیبل (نفر سوم)