More Florida Lichens, Incl. 10 Cent Tour Pyrenol. (New York): 68 (1995).
Protolog: Similis M. sparselli sed ascomatis planioribus, strato brunneo sub hymeniis, ascosporis minoribus, 9.5-12 x 2.5-3 µm et macroconidiis oblongiis, ca. 5 x 2 µm.
Type locality: USA, Florida, Duval County, Flood plain forest E of San Pablo River (Intracoastal Waterway), W of 17th St. N., dead portion of trunk of oak, 19.6.1975, Buck B175 (NY - holotype; MICH - isotype?).
Thallus: a whitish blotch on substrate. Ascomata black, superficial, compound, multiostiolate, with many chambers, orbicular to elliptical (elongated with the grain of the wood), 0.5-1.0 mm diam, or to ca. 0.5 x 1.0 mm, with a brown basal layer. Asci obclavate to + fusiform, 40-55 x 10-14 µm, with ascospores weakly biseriately to irregularly arranged. Ascospores fusiform, colorless, 2-celled, 10-13 x 3-3.5 µm. Microconidia unknown. Pycnidia with macroconidia, oblong, colorless, ca. 5 x 2 µm (Harris 1995: 64).
Photobiont: Data lacking.
Chemistry: No lichen substances.
Ecology: Data lacking.
Distribution: Database
Molecular data: Genbank
Mycobank: Mycobank
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Pictures: Tropical Lichens
Type. Florida. Duval County: Flood plain forest E of San Pablo River (Intracoastal Waterway), W of 17th St. N., dead portion of trunk of oak, 19 Jun 1975, Buck B175 (NY, holotype; MICH, isotype? not seen).