Preliminary version 1 November 2014
Caloplaca conversa (Kremp.) Jatta
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Basionym: Data lacking.
Synonym: Index Fungorum
Type: Data lacking.
Barcode: Data lacking.
Coordinates: Data lacking.
Thallus: crustose, continuous or rimose-areolate, without elongated lobes; prothallus absent; surface gray, smooth, without asexual propagules; cortex indistinct, thin, without granules.
Apothecia immersed or adnate, 0.2-0.5 mm in diam., lecanorine; disc brown to dark brown to black, flat, epruinose; margin persistent, flush; thalline margin absent; proper margin visible, concolorous with disc; parathecium cellular (paraplectenchymatous) including exciple below hypothecium; epihymenium light brown, K+ violet, H+ violet, 10%N + violet, cN+ violet, C+ violet; hymenium hyaline, 35-60 µm tall; paraphyses 1-2 tip cells slightly swollen, with some branching; subhymenium hyaline. Asci cylindrical, 8-spored.
Ascospores hyaline, 2 locules, ellipsoid, 10-12.5 x 4-5.5 µm, isthmus 3-4 µm, spore end wall thin. Pycnidia not observed. Nash et al. (2001: xx)
Photobiont: Data lacking.
Chemistry: Apothecial margin K+ violet, H+ violet, 10% N+ violet, cN+ violet, C+ violet; thallus H+ violet, 10%N+ violet, cN+ violet, C+ violet; thalloidima green (Nash et al. 2001: xx).
Ecology: on non-calcareous rocks
Molecular data: Genbank
Distribution: Database
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