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Taxon: Byssoloma ortizii Lücking
Family: Byssolomataceae

Collector: R. Lücking   91-3355b   

Date: 1991-09-00

Verbatim Date: 1991-9

Locality: Costa Rica, San José, Braulio Carrillo National Park (former. Carrillo. section), about 35 km NNE of San José at the highway to Limón, Atlantic slope of the Cordillera Central

10.15  -83.966667

Verbatim Coordinates: 10° 09' N 83° 58' W

Elevation: 750 meters

Verbatim Elevation: 750 m

Habitat: lower montane rain forest zone; primary forest along the "Botella"-trail; on leaves of Astrocaryum alatum (Arecaceae)

Occurrence Remarks: Annot.: This taxon, which has been found on the same leaves as the previous one, is most probably conspecific with Byssoloma wettsteinii. It differs only by the somewhat larger, partly 5-septate ascospores. Recent collections contained numerous intermediate forms, and - as in the present case - individuals with smaller, 3-septate ascospores and with larger, predominantly 5-septate ascospores, being otherwise completely identical, are often found growing intermingled on the same leaves. This is perhaps an example of a species in the early stage of diversification of the ascospore septation, leading to sister species which are morphologically similar and only separated by their different ascospores [e.g. Fellhanera rhapidophylli (Rehm) VËZDA (3-septate) vs. Fell-hanerajuscatula (MOLL. Arg.) VËZDA (5-septate) vs. Fellhanera dominicana (Vain.) Vëzda (7-septate)].

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Owner: University of Wisconsin - Madison (WIS)

Record Id: e70a8587-8b99-4b61-a750-78025ee3890f

Occurrence ID (GUID): 0ab79253-0315-4993-8288-b1beb85b236c

For additional information on this occurrence, please contact: Kenneth M. Cameron (kmcameron@wisc.edu)