in Aptroot, Sparrius, LaGreca & Bungartz, Bryologist 111, 3: 514 (2008).

Synonyms: Index Fungorum

Protolog: Angiactis epiphyticus, thallo cretaceo, apotheciis lirelliformibus, ascosporibus vulgo tetraspetatibus 17-25 µm longis 3-6 µm latis, acidum gyrophoricum methylgyrophoratum erythrinumque continens.

Protolog type data: Type: Ecuador. Galápagos Islands: Santa Cruz Island, coastal cliffs E of Puerto Ayora near Charles Darwin Research Station, on spines of Scutia spicata, 0°44'45"S, 90°17'39"W, 20 m alt., 29 May 2005, Aptroot 63413 (CDS 30168, holotype; ABL, BM, isotypes).

Type locality: Ecuador, Galápagos Islands, Santa Cruz Island, coastal cliffs E of Puerto Ayora near Charles Darwin Research Station, on spines of Scutia spicata, 20 m, 29.5.2005, A. Aptroot 63413 (CDS 30168 - holotype; ABL, BM - isotypes).

Type locality coordinates: 0°44'45"S, 90°17'39"W.

Molecular barcode: Data lacking.

Thallus: white to a bit ochraceous, continuous, to 5 cm diam.; cortex absent; medulla white, cretaceous, to 1 mm thick, with crystals; prothallus indistinct. Ascomata numerous, sessile, rounded to usually elongate ... (Aptroot et al. 2008: 514).

Photobiont: Trentepohlia spec.

Chemistry: No lichen substances.

Ecology: Data lacking.

Distribution: Database

Molecular data: Genbank

Mycobank: Mycobank

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Pictures: Tropical Lichens