Fuscidea lowensis (H. Magn.) R.A. Anderson & Hertel

in Hertel, Herzogia 5, 3-4: 450 (1981).

Basionym: Lecidea lowensis H. Magn., Meddn Göteb. Bot. Trädg. 10: 2, 11, fig. 3 (1936).

 

Synonyms: Index Fungorum

Protolog: Data lacking.

Protolog type data: Data lacking.

Type locality: USA, New York, Essex County, Mount Marcy near Lake Placid, 1629 m, 16.8.1933, J. L. Lowe 2860 (UPS - holotype; US, FH - isotypes).

Type locality coordinates: 44°6'45?N, 73°55'25?W; 44.1125°, -73.923611°.

Molecular barcode: Data lacking.

Thallus: crustose, brown, often with a grey pruina, thick, of convex, warted areoles, occasionally thinner with flatter areoles; black prothallus visible at margin; medulla I+ violet. Apothecia black, ...

Photobiont: Data lacking.

Chemistry: K-, C-, Pd-, UV+ white (medulla). Divaricatic acid by TLC (Fryday 2008: 306).

Ecology: Data lacking.

Distribution: NE North America. Database

Molecular data: Genbank

Mycobank: Mycobank

Note: Type locality: Der 1629 m hohe Mount Marcy ist der höchste Berg des US-Bundesstaates New York und der Adirondack Mountains sowie im Adirondack Park.

Pictures: Tropical Lichens