Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region (Tempe) 3: 36 (2007).

Protolog: Similis Acarosporae socialis, sed medulla acidum gyrophoricum continens.
Protolog type data: Type: USA: Arizona: Maricopa County: Usery County Park, Usery Mountains, on disintegrating granite in full sun, S. Tucker 33,823, co-collectors: K. Tucker, D. & G. Cotter (Holotype! SBBG).

Type locality: USA, Arizona, Maricopa County, Usery County Park, Usery Mountains, on disintegrating granite in full sun, s.d., s.a., S. Tucker 33,823, K. Tucker, D. & G. Cotter (SBBG - holotype).

Type locality coordinates: Data lacking.

Molecular barcode: Data lacking.

Thallus: Data lacking.

Photobiont: Data lacking.

Chemistry: Spot tests: UV+ orange, medulla KC+ red, C+ red; Secondary metabolites: acaranoic acid (major), gyrophoric acid (major), rhizocarpic acid (major), lecanoric acid (minor) (HPLC, J.A. Elix, pers. comm.) (Knudsen 2007: 36).

Ecology: Data lacking.

Distribution: Database

Molecular data: Genbank

Mycobank: Mycobank

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Pictures: Tropical Lichens