RT Journal Article T1 Long sigmoid and twisted ascospores in the genus Harpidium: H. longisporum sp. nov., a synopsis of the genus and a key to the species A1 Jiménez Rico, Víctor AB Harpidium longisporum is proposed as a new species. It is characterized by an areolate, mainly black thallus with trebouxioid algae, K+ bluepurple pigmented parts, pycnoascocarps forming aspicilioid apothecia, with moniliform paraphyses, unitunicate-rostrate, thick-walled asci and long sigmoid, lunate to falcate or irregularly curved and twisted ascospores, growing on steps of a vertical, intermittently moist, gneiss rock face. The genus Harpidium now comprises four species worldwide and, based on the selected specimens, a genus synopsis, a comparative table and a key to the species are included. PB Cambridge University Press SN 0024-2829 YR 2022 FD 2022 LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/88919 UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/88919 LA eng NO Rico VJ. Long sigmoid and twisted ascospores in the genus Harpidium: H. longisporum sp. nov., a synopsis of the genus and a key to the species. The Lichenologist 2022;54:175–81. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0024282922000123. NO Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España) DS Docta Complutense RD 6 abr 2025