habitat_climate_temperate
mediterranean
Polycoccum anatolicum is currently known only from the type locality in the Western Mediterranean part of Turkey. The new species was collected on Lepraria incana on the trunks of Prunus sp. The species seems to be weakly pathogenic as moderate bleaching was observed in the infected parts of the host thallus. As the host lichen has a wide distribution, P. anatolicum may also have a wide distribution.
Polycoccum anatolicum
Polycoccum anatolicum