Preliminary version 1 January 2015
Caloplaca microphyllina (Tuck.) Hasse
Journal.
Basionym: Data lacking.
Synonym: Index Fungorum
Type: Data lacking.
Barcode: Data lacking.
Coordinates: Data lacking.
Thallus: crustose, areolate or sub-squamulose, margin abrupt at edge, without elongated lobes; prothallus absent; surface orange, smooth, sorediate; soredia granular, in delimited or irregular, laminal or marginal, irregular soralia; cortex cellular, 16-35 µm thick, granules absent; medulla without granules.
Apothecia adnate, 0.2-1 mm, lecanorine; disc orange, flat, epruinose; margin persistent, slightly raised; thalline margin present, concolorous with thallus; proper margin visible, concolorous with disc or little lighter than disc; parathecium cellular (paraplectenchymatous) including exciple below hypothecium; epihymenium golden, K+ red, C-; hymenium hyaline, 55-70(-85) µm tall paraphyses: 2-3 tip cells slightly swollen, frequently branched; subhymenium hyaline. Asci cylindrical, 8-spored.
Ascospores hyaline, 2 locules, ellipsoid, (10-)11-14 x (4-)5.5(-7) µm, isthmus 3-4 µm, spore end wall thin. Pycnidia present, mostly immersed, ostiole orange (Nash et al. 2001: xx).
Photobiont: Data lacking.
Chemistry: Apothecial margin K+ red, C-; thallus K+ red, C-; parietin, fallacinal, emodin, and teloschistin. Nash et al.(2001: xx)
Ecology: on wood or bark
Molecular data: Genbank
Distribution: Database
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