Punctelia Krog
Nord. J. Bot. 2: 287-292 (1982). - TYPE: Punctelia borreri (Sm.) Krog.
Thallus foliose, more or less rosulate, adnate, usually not exceeding 5 cm diam., ridged and wrinkled in the centre, smooth towards the margin. Lobes broadly rounded, to 20 mm long and 5-7 mm wide, partly imbricate, occasionally canaliculate towards the apices. Upper surface greenish grey, grey, brown to brownish towards the margins; pseudocyphellae punctiform to irregular, often sorediate, sparse to abundant; soralia punctiform, laminal or marginal. Lower surface pale brown to black; rhizines simple, often clustered, brownish to pale. Ascomata apothecia, zeorine; disc brown. Asci 8-spored. Spores simple, broadly ellipsoid, colourless. Conidiomata pycnidia, rare, immersed, laminal, black. Conidia unciform, rarely filiform, 3- 6 x 1 μm. Photobiont trebouxioid.
Chemistry: Atranorin in the cortex, gyrophoric or lecanoric acid in the medulla.
- Punctelia appalachensis (W.L. Culb.) Krog
- Punctelia bolliana (Müll. Arg.) Krog
- Punctelia borreri (Sm.) Krog
- Punctelia borrerina (Nyl.) Krog
- Punctelia canaliculata (Lynge) Krog
- Punctelia caseana Lendemer & B.P. Hodk.
- Punctelia cedrosensis Egan & Elix
- Punctelia colombiana Sérus.
- Punctelia constantimontium Sérus.
- Punctelia crispa Marcelli, Jungbluth & Elix
- Punctelia darrowii (J.W. Thomson) Krog
- Punctelia dictyoidea (Hue) Hale ex DePriest & B.W. Hale
- Punctelia diffractaica Kurok.; Parmeliaceae
- Punctelia digitata Jungbluth, Marcelli & Elix
- Punctelia eganii B.P. Hodk. & Lendemer
- Punctelia fimbriata Marcelli & Canêz
- Punctelia graminicola (B. de Lesd.) Egan
- Punctelia helenae (B. de Lesd.) Hale ex DePriest & B.W. Hale
- Punctelia hypoleucites (Nyl.) Krog
- Punctelia imbricata Marcelli, Jungbluth & Elix
- Punctelia jeckeri (Roum.) Kalb
- Punctelia jujensis Adler
- Punctelia lorentzii (Kremp.) Krog
- Punctelia microsticta (Müll. Arg.) Krog
- Punctelia missouriensis G. Wilh. & Ladd
- Punctelia nashii Marcelli & Canêz
- Punctelia nebulata Elix & J. Johnst.
- Punctelia negata (Nyl.) Krog
- Punctelia neutralis (Hale) Krog
- Punctelia novozelandica Elix & J. Johnst.
- Punctelia osorioi Canêz & Marcelli
- Punctelia perreticulata (Räsänen) G. Wilh. & Ladd
- Punctelia praesignis (Nyl.) Krog
- Punctelia pseudocoralloidea (Gyeln.) Elix & Kantvilas
- Punctelia punctilla (Hale) Krog
- Punctelia purpurascens Marcelli & Canêz
- Punctelia reddenda (Stirt.) Krog
- Punctelia riograndensis (Lynge) Krog
- Punctelia roseola Jungbluth, Marcelli & Elix
- Punctelia roystoneae (Vicente & L. Xavier) Hale ex DePriest & B.W. Hale
- Punctelia semansiana (W.L. Culb. & C.F. Culb.) Krog
- Punctelia soredica (Nyl.) Krog
- Punctelia stictica (Delise ex Duby) Krog
- Punctelia subalbicans (Stirt.) D.J. Galloway & Elix
- Punctelia subflava (Taylor) Elix & J. Johnst.
- Punctelia subpraesignis (Nyl.) Krog
- Punctelia subrudecta (Nyl.) Krog
- Punctelia tomentosula Kurok.; Parmeliaceae
- Punctelia toxodes (Stirt.) Kalb & M. Götz
- Punctelia transtasmanica Elix & Kantvilas
- Punctelia ulophylla (Ach.) Herk & Aptroot