Opegrapha astraea Tuck.

Ertz, Damien, Flakus, Adam, Oset, Magdalena, Sipman, Harrie J. M. & Kukwa, Martin, 2015, A first assessment of lichenized Arthoniales in Bolivia with descriptions of two new species, Phytotaxa 217 (1), pp. 1-25 : 18

* Opegrapha astraea Tuck. ( Fig. 3A )

This pantropical lichen has been reported from Africa (e.g., Kenya, Rwanda, South Africa and Zambia), Asia (e.g., Papua New Guinea, Thailand, the Philippines), Australia, South America ( Brazil, the Galapagos Islands) and the USA ( Cáceres 2007; Ertz 2009; Lücking et al. 2011; Bungartz et al. 2013; McCarthy 2014).

Specimens examined (all corticolous). BOLIVIA. Dept. Santa Cruz: Prov. Cordillera, between Tucavaca to Roboré, 18º37’56”S, 59º36’50”W, 220 m, transition Chiquitano-Chaqueño forest , 4 December 2011, AF 23454 (KRAM, LPB) ; KAA-IYA, between Tucavaca colony and National Park border, 18º31’40”S, 60º41’26”W, 314 m, Chiquitano forest , 4 December 2010, AF 19198, 19231& JQ (KRAM, LPB) ; Bañados del Izozog, near Río Parapeti, 18º28’40”S, 62º05’03”W, 320 m, Ribereño forest , 2 December 2010, AF 18911 & JQ (KRAM, LPB) ; near Tucavaca colony, 18º30’19”S, 60º57’14”W, 278 m, Chiquitano forest , 4 December 2010, AF 18985, 19059, 19085, 19111, 19118/1, 19151 & JQ (KRAM, LPB) ; Prov. Florida, AMBORÓ, below La Yunga, 18°05’59”S, 63°56’55”W, 1650 m, dry forest, 8 June 2011, MK 9939 (BR, LPB, UGDA). Dept. Tarija: Prov. Burnet O’Connor, near Soledad, 21°41’00”S, 64°07’29”W, 1500 m, Tucumano-Boliviano montano forest, 11 August 2012, MK 11368 (LPB, UGDA) .

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FIGURE 3. Morphological diversity of selected Arthoniales of Bolivia 2. A, Opegrapha astraea (Flakus 19231); B & C, Sagenidiopsis undulata (Flakus 20832): B, apothecia, C, prothallus; D, Syncesia farinacea (Flakus 13234.1); E, Tylophorella pyrenocarpoides (Kukwa 6466); F, Zwackhia bonplandii s.l. (Flakus 12636). Scales:A–F—1 mm.