title: First Report of Heterodermia squamulosa (Lichenized Ascomycota, Physciaceae) in South Korea.
abstract: Heterodermia squamulosa (Degel.) W.L. Culb. was found in the mountain of Gariwang, Gangwon province, in 2008. It is characterized by numerous squamules along the margin, decorticate and white lower surface, rhizines along the margin, black and densely squarrosely branched, usually forming a dense mat under the thallus. Apothecia margins densely squamulose, ascospores 12~15 × 25~30 µm. Atranorin and zeorin contained in thallus. This is the first record of this species in South Korea.
authors.affiliation: Korean Lichen Research Institute, Sunchon National University, Sunchon 540-742, Korea.
authors.forename: Xin Yu
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Hyun
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hur
authors.forename: You Mi
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Young Jin
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Koh
authors.forename: Jae-Seoun
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Hur
keywords: Foliose lichen; Korea; Lichen-forming fungus; New record