Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 47: 389 (1897).

Basionym: Polyblastia rugulosa A. Massal., Memor. Lichenogr.: 139 (1853).

Synonyms: Index Fungorum

Protolog: Data lacking.

Protolog type data: Data lacking.

Type locality: Data lacking.

Type locality coordinates: Data lacking.

Molecular barcode: Data lacking.

Thallus: saxicolous, crustose, rimose-areolate, areoles with deep cracks, flat to slightly concave, 0.2-0.7 mm diam., whitish-grey; medulla white; prothallus absent. Perithecia black, embedded in the thalline areoles; peridium brownish, 37-52 µm wide, with brown involucrellum around the ostiole, dimidiate at base; centrum colourless, 98-148 µm high, I+ yellow turning red, with rounded algal cells, 2.21-3.83 µm diam.; paraphyses absent, short periphysoids present; asci 4-spored; ascospores colourless narrowly ellipsoid-ovoid, muriform, (23-)29-35(-42) x (10-)11-12(-16) µm (Sinha et al. 2015: 368).

Photobiont: Data lacking.

Chemistry: Thallus and medulla K-, C-, KC-, P- (Sinha et al. 2015: 368).

Ecology: On calcareous rocks in open scrub forest (Sinha et al. 2015: 368).

Distribution: Database

Molecular data: Genbank

Mycobank: Mycobank

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Pictures: Tropical Lichens