TY -JOUR
AU -Ambikesh Debnath
AU -Sanjeeva Nayaka
TI -<i>Abrothallus henryanae</i> (Dothideomycetes: Abrothallales), a new species of lichenicolous fungi on <i>Sticta henryana</i> from Arunachal Pradesh, India
PY -2026
DA -2026-05-20
JO -Taiwania
VL -71
IS -3
SP -435
EP -443
UR -https://taiwania.ntu.edu.tw/abstract/2187
AB -A lichenicolous fungus, <i>Abrothallus henryanae</i>, is described as new to science, which inhabits the apothecia of <i>Sticta henryana</i>. The lichen was collected from Arunachal Pradesh, India. The novel taxon is readily distinguished in having black, stipitate ascomata, covered by greenish-yellow pruina and two-septate, brown, finely ornamented ascospores. The novelty of the species is also confirmed through phylogenetic analyses of the internal transcribed spacer of the ribosomal DNA (nrITS) region. This is the first molecular study of lichenicolous fungi from India. A key to all known lichenicolous <i>Abrothallus</i> species colonizing <i>Sticta</i> in the world is also provided.
DO -10.6165/tai.2026.71.435