Anthracothecium tetraspermum Riddle

Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 43: 148 (1916).

 

 

Protolog: "Thallus epiphloeodes crustaceus indeterminatus, sat crassus, continuus sat crassus, continuus sat laevigatus aut subleprosus, olivaceus opacus. Gonidia chroolepoidea. Perithecia dispersa, 0.4 mm diam., nigra, primum immersa et thallo obducta apice anguste denudato, demum emergentia; amphithecio globoso completo. Paraphyses simplices. Asci constanter 4-spori. Sporae fuscae oblongae murali-divisae, 4-loculares, 2-locellati, 15-20 x 8-10 µm. On bark of palmetto, Devonshire Marsh, collected by Mrs. E. G. Britton, No. 169 in part".

Type locality: United Kingdom, Bermudas, Devonshire Marsh, on bark of palmetto, E. G. Britton 169 in part (xxx).

Thallus: crustose, epiphloeodic, .

Ecology: On bark of palmetto.