A New Species of Peltula from the Sonoran Desert, Mexico

Authors:
  • TNThomas H. Nash
    Thomas H. Nash
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Abstract
The new species Peltula sonorensis is described from the Sonoran Desert. It is found in several localities throughout the Mexican part of the Sonoran Desert and belongs to a distinct group within the genus Peltula, which is characterized by fairly large (up to 15 mm diam.), umbilicate-peltate squamules, growing individually and having ellipsoid to bacilliform spores.