Øvstedal, DO/ Lewis Smith, RI 2001: Lichens of Antarctica and South Georgia: A Guide to Their Identification and Ecology. - Studies in Polar Research, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England. 411 pp. [RLL List # 184 / Rec.# 22403] Keywords: ANTARCTICA/ FLORA/ ISLANDS/ KEY/ SUBANTARCTIC
Abstract: 50 fig. 104 color photo. [Introductory sections include detailed treatments of biogeography, history, environment and ecology. About 427 taxa are treated, some of which have not been identified to species. New: Acarospora austroshetlandica (C. W. Dodge) Øvstedal comb. nov., Amandinea subplicata (Nyl.) Øvstedal comb. nov., Bellemerea pullata (Darb.) Øvstedal comb. nov., Bryonora peltata Øvstedal sp. nov. (Southwest Antarctic Peninsula, South Orkney I.), Buellia graminicola Øvstedal sp. nov. (South Georgia), Degelia subantarctica Øvstedal sp. nov. (South Georgia), Huea sorediata Øvstedal sp. nov. (South Orkney I.), Hymenelia glacialis (C. W. Dodge) Øvstedal comb. nov., Lecanora griseosorediata Øvstedal sp. nov. (South Orkney I., South Shetland Is., Antarctic Peninsula), Lecanora physciella var sorediata Øvstedal var. nov. (Wilkes Land, Windmill Is.), Lichenothelia antarctica Øvstedal sp. nov. (South Orkney Is.), Massalongia intricata Øvstedal sp. nov. (Southwest Antarctic Peninsula, South Georgia, South Orkney I., South Shetland Is.), Pertusaria pseudoculata Øvstedal sp. nov. (South Shetland Is., South Georgia), Ropalospora rossii Øvstedal sp. nov. (Northeast Antarctic Peninsula), Stereocaulon austroshetlandicum Øvstedal sp. nov. (South Shetland Is.), Tephromela antarctica Øvstedal sp. nov. (South Orkney Is., South Shetland Is.), T. disciformis Øvstedal sp. nov. (Snow Hill I.), T. minor Øvstedal sp. nov. (Northeast Antarctic Peninsula, South Georgia), T. variabilis Øvstedal sp. nov. (South Orkney Is., Antarctic Peninsula).]