One hundred and seventy-five new species of Graphidaceae: Closing the gap or a drop in the bucket?

• Main Authors: Lücking,R.S., Johnston,M.K., Aptroot,A., Kraichak,E., Lendemer,J.C., Boonpragob,K., Cáceres,M.E.S., Ertz,D., Ferraro,L.I., Jia,Z., Kalb,K., Mangold,A., Manoch,L., Mercado-Díaz,J.A., Moncada,B., Mongkolsuk,P., Papong,K.B., Parnmen,S., Peláez,R.N., Poengsungnoen,V., Plata,E.R., Saipunkaew,W., Sipman,H.J.M., Sutjaritturakan,J., Van Den Broeck,D., Konrat,M.V., Weerakoon,G., Lumbsch,T.T.
• Format: Article
• Published: Magnolia Press 2015
• Subjects: Plant Science; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
• Online Access: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=84919685201&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/handle/6653943832/38843
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

© 2014 Magnolia Press. Recent studies of the global diversity of the lichenized fungal family Graphidaceae suggest that there are a large number of species remaining to be discovered. No less than 640 species have been described since 2002, including 175 new species introduced in a collaborative glo...