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