habitat_substrate_lecanora
lecanora
The new species is known only from the type locality, where it develops over areoles of Lecanora polytropa, without causing any visible damage to the host thallus. This locality is characterized by a cryomediterranean climate (Rico 1983). The record of Lasiosphaeriopsis christiansenii from Svalbard (Alstrup & Olech (1993) could also refer to our new species as it was found on the same host. Unfortunately that specimen is very old and perithecia are almost empty, and therefore the identification was mostly based on the general appearance and ascospore characters (V. Alstrup, pers. comm.)
Lasiosphaeriopsis lecanorae
Lasiosphaeriopsis lecanorae