in Engler & Prantl, Natürliche Pflanzenfamilien, Teil I (Leipzig) 1*: 228 (1908).
Basionym: Lecanora cinnabarina Ach., Lich. Univ.: 1-696 (1810).
Synonym: Index Fungorum
Protolog: Data lacking.
Type locality: Data lacking.
Barcode: Data lacking.
Coordinates: Data lacking.
Thallus: crustose, areolate, margin abrupt at edge or slightly lobed or notched, without elongated lobes; prothallus absent; surface orange, smooth, without asexual propagules; cortex cellular, 14-28 µm thick, granules absent; medulla dense. Apothecia immersed, 0.1-0.4 mm in diam., lecanorine; disc orange, flat, epruinose; margin disappearing, flush; thalline margin present; proper margin not visible; parathecium cellular (paraplectenchymatous); exciple below hypothecium amorphous; epihymenium golden, K+ red, H-, 10%N-, cN-, C-; hymenium hyaline 40-55 µm tall; paraphyses not swollen or 1-2 tip cells slightly swollen, not branched or with few branches; subhymenium hyaline. Asci cylindrical, 8-spored. Ascospores hyaline, 2 locules, ellipsoid, 8.5-11 x c. 4 µm, isthmus c. 3 µm, spore end wall thin; Pycnidia present, totally immersed, ostiole orange (Nash et al. 2001: xx).
Photobiont: Data lacking.
Chemistry: Apothecial margin K+ red, thallus K+ red, H-, 10%N-, cN-, C-; parietin, fallacinal, emodin, teloschistin, parietinic acid (Nash et al. 2001: xx).
Ecology: On non-calcareous rocks.
Molecular data: Genbank
Distribution: Database
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