Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region (Tempe) 3: 25 (2007).

Synonyms: Index Fungorum

Protolog: Areolae luteae, discis lutei; cortex acidum gyrophoricum continens; ascosporae ellipsoideae, 4 x 1.7-2 µm; conidia ellipsoidea, 2-4 x 1.3-2 µm.

Protolog type data: U.S.A. California: Santa Barbara Co.: Santa Cruz Island, W side of island in a barranca with a Eucalyptus tree past trailer, 34°03'25"N, 119°54'34"W, 22 m, in grassland with Eriogonum spp., on exposed rock, R. Schroeder 411 with C. Bratt and F. Bungartz (Holotype, ASU; isotype, UCR).

Type locality: USA, California, Santa Barbara County, Santa Cruz Island, W side of island in a barranca with a Eucalyptus tree past trailer, in grassland with Eriogonum spp., on exposed rock, 22 m, s.d., R. Schroeder 411 with C. Bratt and F. Bungartz (ASU - holotype; UCR - isotype).

Type locality coordinates: 34°03'25"N, 119°54'34"W; Data lacking.

Molecular barcode: Data lacking.

Thallus: areolate, overall to 5 cm wide; areoles round to angular, up to 1.3 mm in diam., up to 1 mm thick, contiguous or dispersed; rim ....

Photobiont: Data lacking.

Chemistry: Spot test UV+ orange; C+ red cortex; secondary metabolites ovoic acid (major), acaranoic acid (major), gyrophoric acid (minor), rhizocarpic acid (minor) HPLC, J.A. Elix, pers. comm.) (Knudsen 2007: 26).

Ecology: Data lacking.

Distribution: Database

Molecular data: Genbank

Mycobank: Mycobank

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Pictures: Tropical Lichens