Lecanosticta acicola in Finland
Lecanosticta acicola is considered an alien species in Europe. This is the first report of L. acicola in Finland. Four strains of Lecanosticta acicola were isolated from the brown spot of still living surface-sterilized needles. The morphological species identification was confirmed from presentative strains with ITS region of rDNA sequencing and species-specific primers.