Norw. J. Bot. 23 (1976).
Synonym: Index Fungorum
Type:
Thallus: caespitose, rigid, 3 - 4 cm high, rarely upt to 8 cm and then subpendulous, sparsely to moderately branched. Branches stramineous or yellowish green, solid, bilateral, flat or weakly channeled, 1.2 - 1.5 - 3 mm wide, tapering distally, laminal pseudocyphellae shortly linear, marginal pseudocyphellae often continuous, margins sometimes with irregular tubercles, marginal splitting between upper and lower cortex common. Soredia absent. Apothecia numerous, shortly stipitate, to 3.5 mm diameter, with flat disc. Spores fusiform, one-septate but often with 2 - 4 pseudosepta, 18 - 22 - 26 / 4 - 5 mm, straight or slightly curved (Swinscow & Krog 1988: 281).
Chemistry: Uscic acid in cortex, salazinic acid in medulla, K + red, PD + orange (Swinscow & Krog 1988: 281).
Ecology: In Kenya and Tansania corticolous on shrubs in mangroves and in the low coastal hills up to 400 m altitude, locally common (Swinscow & Krog 1988: 281).
Molecular data: Genbank
Distribution: Database
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