Sauteria 9: 26 (1998).
Basionym: Stereocaulon paschale f. taeniarum H. Magn., Göteborgs K. Vetensk. Vitterh.-Samh. Handl., Ser. 4, 30, 7: 48 (1926).
Synonym: Index Fungorum
Type: Sweden, Bohuslän, Öckerö, Björkö, 1916, H. Magnusson (UPS - lectotype, designated by Lamb 1977: 313).
Coordinates: 57°43'N, 11°39'E
Thallus: Pseudopodetia loosely attached to the substratum, usually dispersed among mosses or other lichens; 2 - 5 - 7.5 cm tall, creeping to erect, main axis stout, 1 - 2.5 mm thick, with a white to roseate, thin tomentum at the base, thicker tomentum above; phyllocladia covering the podetia all round, basal phyllocladia sitting straight on the axis, apical phyllocladia crowded in stalked clusters, whitish or bluish grey, rarely dark grey, verrucifom squamulose or digitately squamulose; true cephalodia not found, cephalodioid structures without cyanobacteria rare or absent, pale brown, stalked, 0.6 - 1.3 mm large; apothecia found in few specimens in juvenile condition, terminal on main or short side branches, less than 1 mm broad; pycnidia numerous, dark brown, crowded in the apices, conidia (Magnusson 1926) straight, 5 - 6 / 0.8 µm (Kivistö 1998: 26).
Photobiont: Green alga. Cyanobacteria.
Chemistry: Atranorin, lobaric acid (Kivistö 1998: 26).
Ecology:
Molecular data: Genbank
Distribution: Database
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