Preliminary version 1 January 2015
Caloplaca pellodella (Nyl. in Hasse) Hasse
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 olive-gray, smooth, without asexual propagules; cortex cellular, 28-77 µm thick, granules absent; medulla without granules.
Apothecia adnate, 0.2-1 mm in diam., lecanorine; disc orange, flat, epruinose; margin persistent, slightly raised; thalline margin present, concolorous with thallus; proper margin not visible; parathecium elongate to oval cells; exciple below hypothecium irregular hyphae; epihymenium golden, K+ red, H-, 10%N-, cN-, C-; hymenium hyaline, 55-70 µm tall; paraphyses 2-3 tip cells slightly swollen, with some branching; subhymenium hyaline; Asci cylindrical, 8-spored.
Ascospores hyaline, 2 locules, ellipsoid, 11-14 x 5.5-7 µm, isthmus 3-4 µm, spore end wall thin; Pycnidia present, totally immersed (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; unidentified anthraquinones and thalloidima green. Nash et al.(2001: xx)
Ecology: on non-calcareous rocks or occasionally on calcareous rocks
Molecular data: Genbank
Distribution: Database
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