Ocellularia microsorediata

Guzow-Krzemińska, Beata, Flakus, Adam, Kosecka, Magdalena, Jabłońska, Agnieszka, Rodriguez-Flakus, Pamela & Kukwa, Martin, 2019, New species and records of lichens from Bolivia, Phytotaxa 397 (4), pp. 257-279 : 272

* Ocellularia microsorediata Rivas Plata & Lücking

Previously only reported from Peru ( Rivas Plata & Lücking 2013; Rivas Plata et al. 2013; Ramos 2014).

All specimens are sterile. One specimen (Kukwa 19658, Tab. 1) has been sequenced and the nucLSU sequence shows 99% of identity (using BLASTn search) to the sequences of Ocellularia microsorediata deposited in GenBank (accession nos JX421573 and JX421572). The mrSSU sequence of the same sample also shows 99% of identity to the sequence of O. microsorediata (GenBank accession nos JX421172).

Material examined. BOLIVIA. Dept. La Paz : Prov. Abel Iturralde, between Ixiamas and Tumupasa, Orilla de Cuñaca, 13°56’44”S, 68°02’07”W, elev. 330 m, natural Preandean Amazon forest, corticolous, 23 May 2017, M. Kukwa 19615 ( LPB, UGDA) ; SE of Tumupasa , Jardin Botánico UMSA, 14°09’46”S, 67°52’02”W, elev. 400 m, semi-natural Preandean Amazon forest, by the road, corticolous, 24 May 2017, M. Kukwa 19658 ( LPB, UGDA) ; Tahua village , 13°51’54”S, 67°54’29”W, elev. 240 m, semi-natural Amazon forest, roadside, corticolous, 25 May 2017, M. Kukwa 19712 ( LPB, UGDA) .