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17 November 2023 New and Noteworthy Reports on Colorado Lichens and Lichen Allies, 2: Biatoropsis hirtae and B. minuta
Seth J. Raynor, Jennifer Kesler, J. Ryan Allen, Erin A. Manzitto-Tripp
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Abstract

Biatoropsis hirtae and B. minuta are reported from Colorado, to our knowledge for the first time. These species were found growing on thalli of Usnea hirta and U. perplexans, respectively, during recent specimen collecting by the authors in the Front Range Mountains of north-central Colorado. The occurrences of these species throughout North America are likely more common and geographically broader than presently understood owing to frequent overlooking of populations. We provide discussion of their geographical ranges as presently understood and other notes of interest regarding species of Biatoropsis known from the United States.

Hasta donde sabemos, este es el primer registro de la presencia de Biatoropsis hirtae y B. minuta en Colorado. Estas especies se encontraron creciendo en los talos de Usnea hirta y U. perplexans respectivamente durante una reciente recolección de especímenes en las montañas Front Range del centro-norte de Colorado. Es probable que su presencia en toda Norteamérica sea más común y geográficamente más amplia de lo que se cree en la actualidad debido a la frecuente superposición de poblaciones. Proporcionamos una discusión acerca de los rangos geográficos tal como se entienden actualmente y de otras notas de interés concerniente a las especies de Biatoropsis conocidas de los Estados Unidos.

Seth J. Raynor, Jennifer Kesler, J. Ryan Allen, and Erin A. Manzitto-Tripp "New and Noteworthy Reports on Colorado Lichens and Lichen Allies, 2: Biatoropsis hirtae and B. minuta," Western North American Naturalist 83(4), 454-461, (17 November 2023). https://doi.org/10.3398/064.083.0403
Received: 15 November 2022; Accepted: 10 July 2023; Published: 17 November 2023
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