Náttúrufræðingurinn - 1998, Page 12

■ SUMMARY
Aleuria aurantia (Fr.) Fuckel in
ICELAND
At the beginning of September 1997 the author
found a big scarlet ascomycete on a sand dune
dominated by Equisetum arvense L. in associa-
tion with Rumex acetosella L. at Stjórnarsandur,
Vestur-Skaftafellsýsla, in South-lceland. The
specimens clearly belong to Aleuria aurantia
(Fr.) Fuckel (Orange Peel Fungus) and are con-
served in the author’s herbarium.
This same species was recorded 1935 at Laug-
arvatn, South-Iceland by M. P. Christiansen
(1941). No specimens are conserved in the Bo-
tanical Museum in Copenhagen to confirm this
discovery of Aleuria aurantia (Fr.) Fuckel in
Iceland.
It has been suggested, with some plausibility,
that the identification was incorrect. The species
bears some resemblance to Melastiza chateri
(W.G. Smith) Boud. and might have been con-
fused with it. The latter one is not uncommon in
Iceland and has been gathered not further away
than 25 km from Laugarvatn.
Póstfang höfundar / Author’s address
Ágúst H. Bjarnason
Laugateigi 39
IS-105 Reykjavík
Netfang (e-mail): ahb@ismennt.is
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