Caloplaca diphasia (Tuck.) Wetmore

Mycologia 86, 6: 823 (1995) [1994].

Basionym: Lecanora diphasia Tuck., Amer. J. Sci. Arts, Ser. 2 25: 426 (1858).

 

Type locality: USA, Texas. Data lacking.

Description: Lichen. Thallus crustose, continuous or rimose-areolate, without elongated lobes; prothallus absent; surface gray, verruculose, without asexual propagules; cortex cellular, 25-30 µm thick; medulla with granules insoluble in K. Apothecia adnate, 0.3-1.5(-2) mm in diam., lecanorine; disc brown, flat, epruinose; margin persistent, flush; thalline margin present, concolorous with thallus; proper margin visible, concolorous with disc; parathecium elongate to oval cells; exciple below hypothecium amorphous; epihymenium golden to brown, K+ red, H-, 10%N-, cN-, C-; hymenium hyaline, 60-70 µm tall; paraphyses not swollen or 1-2 tip cells slightly swollen, with few branches; subhymenium hyaline. Asci cylindrical, 8-spored. Ascospores hyaline, 2 locules, ellipsoid, 14-18 x 7-10 µm, isthmus 4-7 µm, spore end wall thin. Pycnidia not observed (Nash et al. 2001: xx).

Photobiont: Data lacking.

Chemistry: Apothecial margin K-, H-, 10% N-, cN-, C-; thallus K-, H-, 10%N-, cN-, C-; unidentified anthraquinones (Nash et al. 2001: xx).

Ecology: On bark.

Distribution type: Data lacking.

Taxonomy: Data lacking.

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