A new checklist of lichenized fungi occurring in Thailand

By

Buaruang, Kawinnat
Boonpragob, Kansri
Mongkolsuk, Pachara
Sangvichien, Ek
Vongshewarat, Kajohnsak
Polyiam, Wetchasart
Rangsiruji, Achariya
Saipunkaew, Wanaruk
Naksuwankul, Khwanruan
Kalb, Jutarat
Parnmen, Sittiporn
Kraichak, Ekaphan
Phraphuchamnong, Phimpisa
Meesim, Sanya
Luangsuphabool, Theerapat
Nirongbut, Phimpha
Poengsungnoen, Vasun
Duangphui, Natwida
Sodamuk, Mattika
Phokaeo, Supatra
Molsil, Muthita
Aptroot, André
Kalb, Klaus
Lücking, Robert
Lumbsch, Thorsten

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2017-6-9

Original Publication

Subterranean Biology

Volume

23

Pages

1--91

Subjects

Asia , Biodiversity , Lichens , new records , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.23.12666

 

Abstract

A new revised checklist of lichenized fungi in Thailand is presented, including 1,292 species. Recent work on the taxonomy of these organisms in Thailand resulted in an enormous increase in our knowledge of the lichen biota of the country – the current checklist includes more than twice as many species as the previous catalogue published 15 years ago – and phylogenetic studies resulted in numerous changes in the generic classification of lichenized fungi. Hence, a new checklist is here presented summarizing the current knowledge of lichens in Thailand. Six new records are reported, viz. Acanthothecis salazinica, Bactrospora metabola, Buellia parastata, Diploschistes cinereocaesius, Rolfidium coccocarpioides, and Trapelia placodioides. Five previously recorded species, namely Lecanora carpinea, Platismatia glauca, P. lacunosa, P. tuckermanii and Roccella phycopsis are shown to be based on misidentifications and are excluded from the checklist. Three new combinations of species previously placed in Pertusaria to Lepra are proposed: L. bulolensis (A.W.Archer, Elix & Streimann) Schmitt & Lumbsch, L. patellifera (A.W.Archer) Schmitt & Lumbsch, and L. subventosa (Malme) Schmitt & Lumbsch. Asia, biodiversity, lichens, new records, taxonomy