Introduction of Saxicolous Lichens Distributed in Coastal Rocks of U-do Islet in Jeju, Korea
Kahng, H.Y.;Yoon, B.J.;Kim, S.H.;Shin, D.J.;Hur, J.S.;Kim, H.W.;Kang, E.S.;Oh, K.H.;Koh, Y.J.(Sunchon National University, Suncheon, Republic of Korea)E-mail:[email protected]
This study reports, for the first time, the ivestigation of the distribution of Korean saxicolous lichens in the coastal rocks of U-do islet, which is known as an unpolluted zone in Jeju. More than thirty lichens were obtained and investigated from the coastal rocks frequently contacted by seawater. A molecular analysis using PCR amplification of the rRNA ITS regions revealed the coastal rock lichens could be placed into 8 families and 14 genera, Ramalinaceae (Bacidia, Ramalina), Physciaceae (Buellia, Dirinaria, Phaeophyscia, Physcia, Pyxine), Lecanoraceae (Candelaria, Lecanora), Parmeliaceae (Xanthoparmelia), Graphidaceae (Graphis), Pertusariaceae (Pertusaria), Rhizocarpaceae (Rhizocarpon), and Teloschistaceae (Caloplaca), showing a diversity of lichens, with foliose (flat leaf-like), crustose (crust-like), and fruticose (miniature shrub-like) life forms might be distributed in the coastal rocks.
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