Opera Bot. 86: 17 (1986).
Synonyms:
Type species: Bryocaulon divergens (Ach.) Kärnefelt.
Number of species: 4.
Family: Stictidaceae.
Description: A fruticose lichen genus in the Parmeliaceae with 4 species. Thallus fruticose, erect, pendent or prostrate, from light greenish yellow to brownish black; branches terete, or slightly flattened; cortex prosoplectenchymatous; pseudocyphellae ? abundant, distinctive, whitish. Ascomata apothecia, zeorine, rather rare, of same colour as the thallus. Asci clavate, of Lecanora-type, usually 8-spored. Spores simple, ellipsoid, colourless. Conidiomata pycnidia, scattered, immersed. Conidia slightly dumbbell-shaped with sharp ends.
Photobiont: Trebouxioid green algae.
Chemistry: Olivetoric and physodic acids.
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