Rhizonema interruptum Lücking & Barrie 2014

Publication Details
Rhizonema interruptum Lücking & Barrie 2014: 265, fig. 1 C-F

Published in: Lücking, R., Barrie, F.R. & Genney, D. (2014). Dictyonema coppinsii, a new name for the European species known as Dictyonema interruptum (Basidiomycota: Agaricales: Hygrophoraceae), with a validation of its photobiont Rhizonema (Cyanoprokariota: Nostocales: Rhizonemataceae). The Lichenologist 46(3): 261-267, 1 fig.

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Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Rhizonema.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Type Information
Type locality: "Ireland, County Kerry, Killarney, Turk Cascade" [also known as Torc Waterfall]; (Lücking 2014: 265) Holotype: W.H. Harvey; 1832; waterfall; E; (Lücking 2014: 265) Notes: "The photobiont present in the type material of the lichenized fungus Dictyonema coppinsii."

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), interrupted, not continued (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 28 November 2018 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda.

Last updated: 29 November 2018

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 29 November 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 27 April 2024

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