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A new species of Ruhlandiella (Pezizaceae) from Italy

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This paper describes the newly discovered species Ruhlandiella peregrina. Full description and illustrations of macro- and micromorphological features of the new taxon are provided. This species differs from other described species in ascus and ascospore size and in the crested and ridged ornamentation of ascospores. As is the case in two other similar species, the asci of R. peregrina do not becoming blue in iodine solutions.

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Acknowledgements

The authors sincerely thank Prof. G. Consiglio for the Latin description. Brian Franzone of the Harvard Herbaria staff helped in the assembly of the plate.

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  1. Department of Biology “Marcello La Greca”, University of Catania, A. Longo 19, 95125, Catania, Italy

    Angela Lantieri

  2. Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology and the Farlow Herbarium, 22 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA

    Matthew E. Smith & Donald H. Pfister

  3. Biology Department, Duke University, Box 90338, Durham, NC, 27708, USA

    Matthew E. Smith

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  1. Angela Lantieri
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Correspondence to Donald H. Pfister.

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Taxonomical novelties: Ruhlandiella peregrina Lantieri & Pfister, sp. nov.

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Lantieri, A., Smith, M.E. & Pfister, D.H. A new species of Ruhlandiella (Pezizaceae) from Italy. Mycol Progress 11, 509–513 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11557-011-0766-x

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