More Florida Lichens, Incl. 10 Cent Tour Pyrenol. (New York): 81 (1995).

Synonyms: Index Fungorum

Protolog: Primo aspectu Polymeridi catapasti similis sed differt ascosporis exasperatis, 36-44 x 12.5-15 µm, perisporio crasso et microconidiis longioribus, 9-12 x 0.5 µm.

Type. Florida. Collier County: Big Cypress National Preserve, Oasis Ranger Station along U.S. Hwy. 41, along Florida Trail N of hwy., 25°50'N, 81°03'W, Taxodium swamp, 9 Dec 1992, Buck 22976 (NY, holotype).

Type locality: USA, Florida, Collier County, Big Cypress National Preserve, Oasis Ranger Station along U.S. Hwy. 41, along Florida Trail N of hwy., Taxodium swamp, 9 December 1992, Buck 22976 (NY - holotype).

Type locality coordinates: 25°50'N, 81°03'W.

Barcode: Data lacking.

Thallus: forming whitish patches on bark. Ascomata hemispherical to subglobose, mostly immersed, 0.4-0.6 mm diam., with slightly spreading clypeus or not, little or not melanized below. Asci cylindrical, 140-160 x 20-28 µm, with 8 biseriate to nearly uniseriate spores. Ascospores narrowly elliptical to narrowly ovate, 4-celled, 28-40(-45) x 9-12(-15) µm, distinctly granular ornated, with a thick gelatinous sheath. Microconidia 9-12 x 0.5 µm (Harris 1995: 77 meine Version).

Photobiont: Data lacking.

Chemistry: No lichen substances.

Ecology: Data lacking.

Distribution: Database

Molecular data: Genbank

Mycobank: Mycobank

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Pictures: Tropical Lichens