Punctelia Krog

Version 1 November 2016

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.

  1. Punctelia appalachensis (W.L. Culb.) Krog
  2. Punctelia bolliana (Müll. Arg.) Krog
  3. Punctelia borreri (Sm.) Krog
  4. Punctelia borrerina (Nyl.) Krog
  5. Punctelia canaliculata (Lynge) Krog
  6. Punctelia caseana Lendemer & B.P. Hodk.
  7. Punctelia cedrosensis Egan & Elix
  8. Punctelia colombiana Sérus.
  9. Punctelia constantimontium Sérus.
  10. Punctelia crispa Marcelli, Jungbluth & Elix
  11. Punctelia darrowii (J.W. Thomson) Krog
  12. Punctelia dictyoidea (Hue) Hale ex DePriest & B.W. Hale
  13. Punctelia diffractaica Kurok.; Parmeliaceae
  14. Punctelia digitata Jungbluth, Marcelli & Elix
  15. Punctelia eganii B.P. Hodk. & Lendemer
  16. Punctelia fimbriata Marcelli & Canêz
  17. Punctelia graminicola (B. de Lesd.) Egan
  18. Punctelia helenae (B. de Lesd.) Hale ex DePriest & B.W. Hale
  19. Punctelia hypoleucites (Nyl.) Krog
  20. Punctelia imbricata Marcelli, Jungbluth & Elix
  21. Punctelia jeckeri (Roum.) Kalb
  22. Punctelia jujensis Adler
  23. Punctelia lorentzii (Kremp.) Krog
  24. Punctelia microsticta (Müll. Arg.) Krog
  25. Punctelia missouriensis G. Wilh. & Ladd
  26. Punctelia nashii Marcelli & Canêz
  27. Punctelia nebulata Elix & J. Johnst.
  28. Punctelia negata (Nyl.) Krog
  29. Punctelia neutralis (Hale) Krog
  30. Punctelia novozelandica Elix & J. Johnst.
  31. Punctelia osorioi Canêz & Marcelli
  32. Punctelia perreticulata (Räsänen) G. Wilh. & Ladd
  33. Punctelia praesignis (Nyl.) Krog
  34. Punctelia pseudocoralloidea (Gyeln.) Elix & Kantvilas
  35. Punctelia punctilla (Hale) Krog
  36. Punctelia purpurascens Marcelli & Canêz
  37. Punctelia reddenda (Stirt.) Krog
  38. Punctelia riograndensis (Lynge) Krog
  39. Punctelia roseola Jungbluth, Marcelli & Elix
  40. Punctelia roystoneae (Vicente & L. Xavier) Hale ex DePriest & B.W. Hale
  41. Punctelia semansiana (W.L. Culb. & C.F. Culb.) Krog
  42. Punctelia soredica (Nyl.) Krog
  43. Punctelia stictica (Delise ex Duby) Krog
  44. Punctelia subalbicans (Stirt.) D.J. Galloway & Elix
  45. Punctelia subflava (Taylor) Elix & J. Johnst.
  46. Punctelia subpraesignis (Nyl.) Krog
  47. Punctelia subrudecta (Nyl.) Krog
  48. Punctelia tomentosula Kurok.; Parmeliaceae
  49. Punctelia toxodes (Stirt.) Kalb & M. Götz
  50. Punctelia transtasmanica Elix & Kantvilas
  51. Punctelia ulophylla (Ach.) Herk & Aptroot