Aspects of teliospore germination in North American smut fungi. II.

Teliospore germination is described for 28 additional species of smut fungi, most of which were recently collected in Mexico.Germination for most species is reported here for the first time. Included are some rarely collected species, some recently described by the author, and some previously unknown to exist in the New World. Where new records of exotic species for North America are indicated, germination was used to verify diagnoses, even though reported by previous workers in some instances. In demonstrating germination, family and generic affinities for most species were corroborated, although one required generic transfer.

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The lichen genusRinodina(Physciaceae,Caliciales) in north-eastern Asia

The Lichenologist ◽

10.1017/s0024282917000536 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 49 (6) ◽

pp. 617-672 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

John W. SHEARD ◽

Alexander K. EZHKIN ◽

Irina A. GALANINA ◽

Dmitry HIMELBRANT ◽

Ekaterina KUZNETSOVA ◽

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Keyword(s):

North America ◽

Secondary Metabolites ◽

North American ◽

New Records ◽

Russian Far East ◽

Far East ◽

Species Distributions ◽

Eastern Asia ◽

North Eastern ◽

First Time

AbstractRinodinais a widespread, polyphyletic genus of crustosePhysciaceaewithc. 300 species worldwide. A major missing link in understanding its global biogeography has been eastern Asia where the genus has never been systematically revised. Here we review specimen and literature records forRinodinafor north-eastern Asia (Russian Far East, Japan and the Korean Peninsula) and recognize 43 species. We describe two species,R. hypobadiaandR. orientalis, as new to science.Rinodina hypobadiais distinguished by its pigmented hypothecium,Dirinaria-type ascospores and pannarin in both thallus and epihymenium.Rinodina orientalisis characterized by its erumpent apothecia that remain broadly attached, with discs sometimes becoming convex and excluding the thalline margins, ascospores belonging to thePhyscia-type and secondary metabolites absent. Nine other species are reported from the region for the first time. These includeR. dolichospora,R. freyi,R. metaboliza,R. sicula,R. subminutaandR. willeyi. Of particular biogeographical interest are three additional new records that have western North American–eastern Asian distributions: the corticolous speciesR. endospora,R. macrosporaandR. megistospora. Six species have the better known eastern North American–eastern Asian distributions:R. ascociscana(syn.R. akagiensis,R. melancholica),R. buckii,R. chrysidiata,R. subminuta,R. tenuis(syn.R. adirondackii) andR. willeyi, and two have eastern North American–eastern Asian–European distributions:R. excrescensandR. moziana(syn.R. destituta,R. vezdae). Our study begins to close one of the largest gaps in our knowledge of circumboreal species distributions inRinodinaand, together with previous studies in North America and Europe, provides new insights into circumboreal crustose lichen biogeography.Rinodina cinereovirens(syn.R. turfaceavar. cinereovirens) is also reported as new to North America.

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The millipede Craspedosoma raulinsii Leach, 1814 (Chordeumatida: Craspedosomatidae) in North America with comments on the derivation of its binomial name

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4455.2.8 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 4455 (2) ◽

pp. 389 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

DONALD F. McALPINE ◽

WILLIAM A. SHEAR

Keyword(s):

North America ◽

New Brunswick ◽

Central Europe ◽

New World ◽

New Records ◽

Eastern Canada ◽

Widespread Occurrence ◽

The Third ◽

Southern Scandinavia ◽

First Time

The millipede Craspedosoma raulinsii (Craspedosomatidae) is widespread in Central Europe from Belarus and southern Scandinavia west to Britain and Ireland. Although the species is often not common and rarely encountered (Blower 1985, Hoffman 1999, Lee 2006), Kime (2004) reports C. raulinsii as the third most widespread millipede in Belgium. Shelley (1990) reported C. raulinsii (as C. rawlinsii) for the first time from North America (from Gatineau Park, Quebec, Canada) and noted the occurrence is the first introduction of a representative of the order Chordeumatida in the New World. Here we report new records that suggest widespread occurrence of this introduced millipede in eastern Canada and comment on the commonly-applied spelling of the specific epithet of the species. Vouchers have been deposited in the collections of the New Brunswick Museum (NBM).

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Three new records of the genus Solenostoma (Solenostomataceae, Marchantiophyta) in Indian bryoflora from Sikkim

Indian Journal of Forestry ◽

10.54207/bsmps1000-2015-7t2o2b ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 38 (3) ◽

pp. 233-240

Author(s):

Devendra Singh

Keyword(s):

North America ◽

New Records ◽

Eastern Himalaya ◽

First Time

Three species of the genus Solenostoma Mitt., viz. Solenostoma baueri (Schiffn.) Steph. earlier known from Indonesia, S. fusiforme (Steph.) R.M.Schust. from China, Korea, Japan, Russia and North America and S. vulcanicola (Schiffn.) Va?a, Hentschel & Heinrichs from Indonesia and Japan, are described for the first time in Indian bryoflora from Sikkim in Eastern Himalaya.

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A numerical analysis of morpho-geographic groups of cultivars of Humulus lupulus based on samples of cones

Canadian Journal of Botany ◽

10.1139/b81-044 ◽

1981 ◽

Vol 59 (3) ◽

pp. 311-324 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

Ernest Small

Keyword(s):

Numerical Analysis ◽

North America ◽

North American ◽

New World ◽

Geographical Origin ◽

Humulus Lupulus ◽

Numerical Analyses ◽

Hybrid Origin ◽

Morphological Examination ◽

Humulus Lupulus L

Numerical analyses of hop (strobilus) samples showed that the geographical origin of cultivars of Humulus lupulus L. from North America, Britain, continental Europe, and Japan can be identified with considerable reliability on the basis of morphological examination. Samples of hybrid origin between North American and European plants tended to be similar to American cultivars, but often showed combinations of Old and New World characteristics, making their identification problematical.

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Microbotryum bardanense and M. polygoni-alati —new records from Nepal

Mycotaxon ◽

10.5248/136.491 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 136 (2) ◽

pp. 491-496

Author(s):

Teodor T. Denchev ◽

Suk-Pyo Hong ◽

Cvetomir M. Denchev

Keyword(s):

New Records ◽

Smut Fungi ◽

First Time

Two smut fungi, Microbotryum bardanense and M. polygoni-alati, are reported for the first time from Nepal. Descriptions, illustrations, and taxonomic notes are provided for these taxa.

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Six new species and reports of Hydnum (Cantharellales) from eastern North America

MycoKeys ◽

10.3897/mycokeys.42.27369 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 42 ◽

pp. 35-72 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Rachel A. Swenie ◽

Timothy J. Baroni ◽

P. Brandon Matheny

Keyword(s):

North America ◽

North American ◽

Phylogenetic Analyses ◽

Eastern North America ◽

Phylogenetic Species ◽

Additional Species ◽

Taxonomic Descriptions ◽

Molecular Phylogenetic ◽

Herbarium Collections ◽

Environmental Sequences

Five species of Hydnum have been generally recognized from eastern North America based on morphological recognition: H.albidum, H.albomagnum, H.repandum and varieties, H.rufescens, and H.umbilicatum. Other unique North American species, such as H.caespitosum and H.washingtonianum, are either illegitimately named or considered synonymous with European taxa. Here, seventeen phylogenetic species of Hydnum are detected from eastern North America based on a molecular phylogenetic survey of ITS sequences from herbarium collections and GenBank data, including environmental sequences. Based on current distribution results, sixteen of these species appear endemic to North America. Of these, six species are described as new: H.alboaurantiacum, H.cuspidatum, H.ferruginescens, H.subconnatum, H.subtilior, and H.vagabundum. Geographic range extensions and taxonomic notes are provided for five additional species recently described as new from eastern North America. A new name, H.geminum, is proposed for H.caespitosum Banning ex Peck, non Valenti. Overall, species of Hydnum are best recognized by a combination of morphological and molecular phylogenetic analyses. Taxonomic descriptions are provided for seventeen species, including epitype designations for H.albidum, H.albomagnum, and H.umbilicatum, taxa described more than 100 years ago, and molecular annotation of the isotype of H.washingtonianum. Photographs and a key to eastern North American Hydnum species are presented.

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Poison-Ivy/Poison-Oak/Poison-Sumac—The Virulent Weeds

Weed Technology ◽

10.1017/s0890037x00023976 ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 9 (3) ◽

pp. 653-656 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Larry W. Mitich

Keyword(s):

American Academy ◽

North American ◽

English Language ◽

New World ◽

Western Civilization ◽

Hedera Helix ◽

Arts And Sciences ◽

Poison Ivy ◽

First Time ◽

Poison Oak

The word poison entered the English language in 1387 as ‘poysoun”, and in Memoirs of American Academy of Arts and Sciences, v. 1, 1785, the word poison-ivy was used for the first time: “Poison ivy … produces the same kind of inflammation and eruptions … as poison wood tree”.The first known reference to poison-ivy, Toxicodendron radicans (L.) Ktze., dates from the 7th century in China and the 10th century in Japan. Since Toxicodendron species do not grow in Europe, the plants remained unknown to Western civilization until explorers visited the New World seven centuries later. Capt. John Smith (1579–1631) wrote the first description of poison-ivy and originated its common name; he noted a similarity in the climbing habit of North American poison-ivy to English ivy (Hedera helix L.).

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A contribution to the Cicadidae fauna of Vietnam (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha), with one new species and twenty new records

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.2249.1.1 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 2249 (1) ◽

pp. 1-19 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

PHAM HONG THAI ◽

JENG-TZE YANG

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

New Records ◽

Key To Species ◽

Additional Species ◽

First Time ◽

One New Species

According to previous reports, the number of cicada species known from Vietnam is 131; these represent 45 genera. Neotanna yunnanensis Lei et Chou, 1997 and Neotanna sinensis Ouchi, 1938 are transferred to Tanna Distant, 1905 to become Tanna yunnanensis (Lei et Chou, 1997) comb. nov. and Tanna sinensis (Ouchi, 1938) comb. nov., Proretinata vemaculata Chou & Yao, 1986 is transferred to Angamiana Distant, 1890 to become Angamiana vemacula (Chou et Yao, 1986) comb. nov.. Twenty additional species are here recorded for the fauna of Vietnam for the first time: Scolopita lusiplex Chou et Lei, 1997, Hea fasciata Distant, 1906, Hea yunnanensis Chou et Yao, 1995, Katoa chlorotica Chou et Lu, 1997, Mogannia effecta Distant, 1892, Nipponosemia guangxiensis Chou et Wang, 1993, Ambragaeana ambra Chou et Yao, 1985, Balinta tenebricosa (Distant, 1888), Gaeana cheni Chou et Yao, 1985, Gaeana hainanensis Chou et Yao, 1985, Sulphogaeana dolicha Lei, 1997, Paratalainga yunnanensis Chou et Lei, 1992, Formotosena seebohmi (Distant, 1904), Angamiana vemacula (Chou et Yao, 1986), Pomponia backanensis sp. nov., Purana guttularis (Walker, 1858), Tanna yunnanensis (Lei et Chou, 1997), Tanna sinensis (Ouchi, 1938), Euterpnosia ruida Lei et Chou, 1997, Inthaxara flexa Lei et Li, 1996, and Sinosemia shirakii Matsumura, 1927. One of these, Katoa chlorotica, is the first representative of the subfamily Tettigadinae and the tribe Tibicini for Vietnam. One new species, Pomponia backanensis sp. nov., is described and a key to species of Vietnamese Pomponia is provided.

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Ptiliidae of the Maritime Provinces of Canada (Coleoptera): new records and bionomic notes

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.1423.1.2 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 1423 (1) ◽

pp. 27-38 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

CHRISTOPHER G. MAJKA ◽

MIKAEL SÖRENSSON

Keyword(s):

North America ◽

Prince Edward Island ◽

New Records ◽

Eastern North America ◽

Maritime Provinces ◽

The Family ◽

Saproxylic Species ◽

Undisturbed Forest ◽

First Time ◽

Forest Conditions

The Ptiliidae of the Maritime Provinces of Canada is surveyed. Twenty-nine new provincial records from the Maritime Provinces of Canada are reported including the first records of the family from Prince Edward Island. Fourteen species are recorded for the first time for the Maritime Provinces as a whole. Acrotrichis josephi (Matthews) is recorded for the first time in eastern North America and Acrotrichis haldemani (LeConte) is recorded for the first time in Canada. The genus Pteryx is reported for the first time in Canada. At least 29 species of Ptiliidae are now known to occur in the region. The fauna is briefly discussed in terms of its overall composition, introduced species, and species associated with particular habitats. Saproxylic species found in mature forests are discussed and attention is drawn to their possible relationship to undisturbed forest conditions and the scarcity of old-growth habitats in the region.

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New records of leaf-mining Tortricidae (Lepidoptera) in North America, with the description of a new species of Grapholita

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4748.3.6 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4748 (3) ◽

pp. 514-530

Author(s):

CHARLES S. EISEMAN ◽

KYHL A. AUSTIN ◽

JULIA A. BLYTH ◽

TRACY S. FELDMAN

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

North America ◽

Larval Development ◽

New Records ◽

Female Genitalia ◽

Leaf Mining ◽

First Time ◽

A New Species

We discuss seven species of tortricid moths that are leafminers at least in early instars. These include Grapholita thermopsidis Eiseman & Austin, new species, which feeds on Thermopsis rhombifolia (Pursh) Richardson (Fabaceae), along with two others for which larval hosts were previously unknown: Catastega triangulana Brown (Ericaceae: Arctostaphylos pungens Kunth) and Sparganothis xanthoides (Walker) (Polemoniaceae: Phlox divaricata L.). Parasitoids of G. thermopsidis include Dolichogenidea sp. (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) and Zagrammosoma mirum Girault (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae). The female genitalia of Epinotia nigralbana (Walsingham), a species that mines leaves of Arctostaphylos throughout larval development, are illustrated for the first time. Rhopobota finitimana (Heinrich), which feeds on Ilex spp. (Aquifoliaceae), is confirmed to mine leaves as has been documented previously in R. dietziana (Kearfott). Talponia plummeriana (Busck), which is known to feed in the developing ovaries of pawpaw (Annonaceae: Asimina spp.), also feeds in leaves before boring in the twigs and stems. Cenopis lamberti (Franclemont), previously reported from Persea sp. (Lauraceae), was reared from Symplocos tinctoria (L.) L’Hér. (Symplocaceae). Apart from the two exceptions noted above, all of these species exit their mines in later instars to feed in leaf shelters.

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