Manuel J. Macia, Mary E. Palm & Maria P. Martin . A new species of Leptosphaeria (Ascomycotina, Pleosporales) on Rosaceae from Bolivia. Mycotaxon 93: 401-406. 2005.

ABSTRACT: Leptosphaeria polylepidis is described as a new species on Polylepis tarapacana from Sajama National Park in the Bolivian Andes at more than 4,000 m elevation. Diagnostic features are the long asci and the large, brown, 3-septate ascospores.

KEYWORDS: biogeography, conservation, rDNA, taxonomy