Preliminary version 1 October 2013
Stirtonia curvata Aptroot
Lichenologist 41: 619 (2009) "Indonesia, Irian Jaya, Manokwari, c. 2 m alt., February 1959, W. Vink s.n. (L-holotypus!)".
Synonym: Index Fungorum
Type: Indonesia, Irian Jaya, Manokwari, 2 m, February 1959, W. Vink s.n. (L - holotype).
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Thallus: crustose, spreading, covering an area of up to 5 cm diameter, contiguous, smooth, whitish yellow to brownish, less than 0.1 mm thick, shiny, with calcium oxalate crystals, IKI-. Ascigerous zones delimited, angular to linear, branched or not, ca. 0.1 - 0.2 mm wide, up to 1 mm long, erumpent, slightly raised, white, somewhat byssoid, not pruinose, erumpent, conspicuously red-brown or black dotted when abraded, with calcium oxalate crystals, without algal cells, IKI+ blue at the base and around the asci, upper layer IKI+ violet. Asci in surface view red-brown to black, single or in lines, ovoid, with 48 ascospores. Ascospores 7-11-septate, ellipsoid, 35-55 / 12-19 µm, often curved, cells generally equal, walls and septa > 1 µm thick (Aptroot 2009: 619).
Photobiont: Green alga.
Chemistry: Perlatolic acid present (TLC). Thallus and ascigerous zones C-, Pd-, KOH-, UV- (Aptroot 2009: 619).
Ecology: on bark.
Molecular data: Genbank
Distribution: Database
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