Preliminary version 1 January 2015
Caloplaca peliophylla (Tuck.) Zahlbr.
Journal.
Basionym: Data lacking.
Synonym: Index Fungorum
Type: Data lacking.
Barcode: Data lacking.
Coordinates: Data lacking.
Thallus: squamulose, subsquamulose, without elongated lobes; prothallus absent; surface blue-gray, smooth, without asexual propagules; cortex cellular, thickness moderate.
Apothecia adnate, 0.5-1.5 mm in diam., lecanorine; disc brown, flat, epruinose; margin persistent, flush; thalline margin present, concolorous with thallus; proper margin not visible; parathecium cellular (paraplectenchymatous); exciple below hypothecium amorphous or cellular (paraplectenchymatous); epihymenium brown or light brown, K+ violet, H+ violet, 10%N + violet, cN+ violet, C+ violet; hymenium hyaline, 70116 µm tall; paraphyses 1-3 tip cells slightly swollen, not branched or with few branches; subhymenium hyaline. Asci cylindrical, 8-spored.
Ascospores hyaline, 2 locules, ellipsoid, 14-17 x 7-8.5 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 K+ violet, 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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