Plant Ecology and Evolution 146, 3: 386 (2013).

Synonyms: Index Fungorum

Protolog: Species similar to Piccolia elmeri, but differs by an entirely dark brown excipulum and the absence of a purplish pigment in the excipulum.

Protolog type data: Type: Maskaranen/Réunion: wenige km S von le Brûlé (S von St-Denis), in einem Forst aus Cryptomeria japonica, 14 Aug. 1991, 20°55'S, 55°26'E, alt. 1000-1050 m, K. & A. Kalb 38915 (holo-: herb. Kalb).

Type locality: France, Réunion, few km south of le Brûlé (S von St-Denis), in a forest of Cryptomeria japonica, 14 August 1991, 1000-1050 m, K. & A. Kalb 38915 (Kalb - holotype).

Type locality coordinates: 20°55'S, 55°26'E.

Molecular barcode: Data lacking.

Thallus: Data lacking.

Photobiont: Data lacking.

Chemistry: No lichen substances.

Ecology: Data lacking.

Distribution: Database

Molecular data: Genbank

Mycobank: Mycobank

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Pictures: Tropical Lichens