More Florida Lichens, Incl. 10 Cent Tour Pyrenol. (New York): 24 (1995).

Protolog: Ab aliis acidum virensicum continentia, ascosporis grosse ornamentis, 4-5 µm diametro et apothecis pallidis brevibus et crassiusculis differt.

Type. Florida. Putnam County: Ocala National Forest, old Johnson Field Campground along Oklawaha River just W of U.S. Hwy. 19, swamp forest, 7 Dec 1988, Buck 16798 (NY, holotype; B, UPS, isotypes).

Type locality: USA, Florida, Putnam County, Ocala National Forest, old Johnson Field Campground along Oklawaha River just W of U.S. Hwy. 19, swamp forest, 7.10.1988, Buck 16798 (NY - holotype; B, UPS - isotypes).

Type locality coordinates: 29°10'25"N, 81°49'18"W; 29.173611°, -81.821667°.

Barcode: Data lacking.

Thallus: whitish, granular leprose. Apothecia relatively short and stout, to 1 mm tall. Stalk to 0.3 mm across at base tapering to ca. 0.1 mm, light orange brown (more or less concolorous with spore mass), appearing white pruinose due to wefts of loose hyphae or occasionally covered with thallus particles. Capitulum obconical to globose, to 0.5 mm in diameter. Asci not in chains. Ascospores globose or appearing slightly angular due to coarse plate-like ornamentation, 4-5 µm in diameter, yellow brown (Harris 1995: 23).

Photobiont: Trebouxioid green alga.

Chemistry: PD+ red-orange, virensic acid, unknown (trace), protocetraric acid (trace) (Harris 1995: 23).

Ecology: On trunk of Sabal, on Sabal leaf bases.

Distribution: Database

Molecular data: Genbank

Mycobank: Mycobank

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Pictures: Tropical Lichens