Coenogonium wernerhuberi, a New Foliicolous Lichen Species (Coenogoniaceae) from Costa Rica

Abstract

Breuss, O. 2012. Coenogonium wernerhuberi, a new foliicolous lichen species (Coenogoniaceae) from Costa Rica. — Herzogia 25: 145–148.A new lichenized ascomycete, Coenogonium wernerhuberi, is described from a hillside rainforest of southwestern Costa Rica. It is characterized by its hypophyllous growth, an inconspicuous, crustose thallus, small, wax-coloured apothecia, and long, fusiform ascospores. It is very similar to C. hypophyllum, from which it differs by having notably longer ascospores and smaller apothecia.