Ossicaulis sp
Location: Near Mission San Diego, San Diego, California, USA
Collection Date: 26-Dec-11
Project #: CSALVA-3
Comments: These specimens stumped the MO community until Irene Andersen (a European) suggested Ossicaulis as a genus. The sequence we obtained vindicated her guess, and is a first report of the genus for southern California. Furthermore it does not appear to be conspecific with the only other Ossicaulis reported from CA thus far (O. lignatilis) and thus probably is a first record for the state. The substrate of Echium candicans stems is unusual habitat and suggests a possible imported species. The European O. lachnopus is similar, but more research is needed to verify conspecificity.
Sequence: >G02_3065_1F+ITS4_85
NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNTTTGAGGTCAAACATTAAAAGTGCTGTCCTGAAGACGGGACGGTTAGAAGCAAAAAGAAGTCCTTACAAGGTCTATCGGTGGCGTAGATAATTATCACACCAGGGATTTTGAACAACCAAAGGTTTTCTCGCTAATGCATTTAAGGAGAGCCGACTTCAAAAATAGAGAAGCCCGCAGCCCCCACGTCCAAGCCTGACCATGCTAGCAAAAGCTGGAAAGGTTGAGAATTTAATGACACTCAAACAGGCATGCTCCTCGGAATACCAAGGAGCGCAAGGTGCGTTCAAAGATTCGATGATTCACTGAATTCTGCAATTCACATTACTTATCGCATTTCGCTGCGTTCTTCATCGATGCGAGAGCCAAGAGATCCGTTGTTGAAAGTTGTATTTGATTAGTGGCGCAGAGGCCATTAAAAAAGACATTCTGTTACATTCTTATGGGGTATATAAAGACATAGACAGCCTGTTTGAAAAGAAAAGCTCGAGAGAGCCTTCCTCCCCTTTCNAAAGCCTTANAAANGGGCNNNAGTGGGTATNAAAATGGTGGCCNGGCTGGNNCGNGGCCCCAAAGGGCCNCCACCACCCCACCCAGTTTAATNCATAATGGATCNTTCGCCNGGTTNNCTACNGNAANCTTGGTACCNANNTTTAACTTNCTCTAAATGNACCANNA