(2009): Lichens in Scandinavia known mainly from Norwegian type ...

GRAPHIS SCRIPTA 21 (2009) Lichens mainly known from Norwegian types 4
Aspicilia alexandri R.Sant.
Type: Norway, Hedmark, Tronfjell, 1912, B.
Lynge (BG!, lectotype of Lecanora
zahlbruckneri Lynge, here selected).
The original material, of which we have only
been able to locate a specimen at BG, represents
Aspilidea myrinii, a common and
widespread species in our region, described
from the mountains between Sogn and Valdres.
Aspicilia austronorvegica (H.Magn.)
Type: Norway, Vest-Agder, Lyngdal,
Kvinesdalheia, 1939, A. H. Magnusson 16799
(UPS!, holotype of Lecanora austronorvegica
H.Magn.).
Like the former this also represents Aspilidea
myrinii. The name has not formally been
combined into Aspicilia.
Aspicilia lecideoidea Hue
Type: Norway, Dovrefjeld (collector and year
not indicated, but probably Schimper 1844)
(PC, holotype, non vidi).
Since the type has not been located in PC, it is
quite impossible to say what this name
represents in spite of Hue’s detailed
description (1910). It is even doubtful that it
represents an Aspicilia in the present
circumscription. Magnusson (1939) compares
his new species Aspicilia austronorvegica with
A. lecidoidea, so it may prove to be yet another
synonym of Aspilidea myrinii.
Anyway, rarity is certainly not the reason
for the lack of other records, but rather doubts
concerning the identity of the type. It is
certainly not endemic to Dovre or Norway.
Aspicilia mazarina (Wahlenb.) R.Sant.
Type: Norway, Finnmark, Par. Tana, ad
Kamiokaisse, 1802, G. Wahlenberg (UPS!,
holotype of Lichen mazarinus Wahlenb.).
This name has been incorrectly applied to
members of the A. gibbosa group and was
reserved exclusively for the type by Santesson
(1984). However, Magnusson (1939) correctly
suggested that it might be an aberrant form of
Aspicilia aquatica, and thus the oldest name for
this widespread, variable species. A conservation
of the name Aspicilia aquatica against
Lichen mazarinus has recently been proposed
(Nordin & Jørgensen 2008).
Aspicilia nordlandica (H.Magn.) Degel.
Type: Norway, Nordland, Lofoten, Værøy,
Guldakseln, 1922, G. E. DuRietz (UPS!, holotype,
Fig. 4). TLC: norstictic acid.
This is a well-defined species, according to
Magnusson (1939) belonging to the cinereagroup,
but with darker thallus, smaller
apothecia and larger spores than A. cinerea.
Further the paraphyses are distinctly nonmoniliform.
The known distribution is restricted
to Lofoten and the islands of southern
Helgeland (Vega). The record from Sweden
(LuL?) is certainly erroneous and no specimen
to verify it has been located. It has in vain been
Figure 4. Aspicilia nordlandica, part of
holotype. Bar = Bar 0.5 mm.