More Florida Lichens, Incl. 10 Cent Tour Pyrenol. (New York): 80 (1995).
Protolog: Ascis sat parvis, 48-60 x 11-13 µm et ascosporis parvis, bilocularis, uno cellulo vel ambis cellulis in medio constrictis, 12-15 x 4-5 µm.
Protolog type data: Type. Tennessee. Great Smoky Mountains, Cherokee Orchard, on Hamamelis, 11 Sep 1939, Degelius (US, holotype; FH, US, isotypes).
Type locality: USA, Tennessee, xxx County, Great Smoky Mountains, Cherokee Orchard, on Hamamelis, 11.9.1939, G. Degelius (US - holotype; FH, US - isotypes).
Type locality coordinates: Data lacking.
Molecular barcode: Data lacking.
Thallus: forming brown, rarely tan, blotches. Ascomata superficial, hemispherical to complanate, 0.3-0.5 mm diam., clypeate, not melanized below. Asci narrowly elliptical, 48-60 x 11-13 µm, with 8 biseriate to subbiseriate spores. Ascospores norrowly elliptical, 2-celled, on or both cells constricted near the middle (spore outline sinuose), 12-15(-18) x 4-5 µm, with a thin sheath. Microconidia rodshaped, 6-8 x 1 µm (Harris 1994: 76).
Photobiont: Data lacking.
Chemistry: No lichen substances.
Ecology: on smooth bark, often Hamamelis.
Distribution Type: + Appalachian distribution.
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