Preliminary version 1 November 2014
Caloplaca sideritis (Tuck.) Zahlbr.
Journal.
Basionym: Data lacking.
Synonym: Index Fungorum
Type: Data lacking.
Barcode: Data lacking.
Coordinates: Data lacking.
Thallus: crustose, areolate, without elongated lobes; prothallus absent; surface gray, verruculose, without asexual propagules; cortex cellular, 7-30 µm thick, granules absent; medulla without granules.
Apothecia adnate, 0.2-0.8 mm in diam., lecanorine; disc orange, flat or convex, epruinose; margin persistent, slightly raised; thalline margin present, concolorous with thallus; proper margin visible, dark brown to black; parathecium cellular (paraplectenchymatous), exciple below hypothecium amorphous; epihymenium golden, K+ red, H-, 10%N-, cN-, C-; hymenium hyaline, 55-70 µm tall; paraphyses 1-3 tip cells swollen, with few branches; 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, ostiole black (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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