Caloplaca amylacea H.Magn.

Details

Name scientific

Caloplaca amylacea H.Magn. (1943)

Preferred name

Caloplaca rubelliana (Ach.) Lojka

Taxonomy reference

Galloway, D.J. 2007: Flora of New Zealand; Lichens, including lichen-forming and lichenicolous fungi. Revised second edition. Vol. 1. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

Nomenclature

Original authors

H.Magn.

Authors

H.Magn.

Year published

1943

Publication page

280

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Caloplaca amylacea H.Magn.

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Caloplaca amylacea

Classification

Kingdom

Fungi

Phylum

Ascomycota

Class

Ascomycetes

Order

Teloschistales

Family

Teloschistaceae

Genus

Caloplaca

Species

amylacea

Descriptions

Galloway, D. J. 1985: Flora of New Zealand: Lichens. Government Printer, Wellington.

Caloplaca amylacea H.Magn.

Description

Thallus crustose, in subdeterminate patches, 0.5-1.0 cm diam., sometimes confluent, brick-red to ochraceous, often somewhat indistinct, rather thin, K+ purple, saxicolous. Apothecia crowded, adnate, minute 0.2-0.5 mm diam., subconvex, round to contorted through mutual pressure, disc orange-red, matt, plane, margins persistent, entire, paler than disc, apothecium in section I+ blue. Ascospores ellipsoid, 2-locular 9-11 × 5-6 µm, septum c. ¼ the length of spore.

Taxonomic concepts

Name

Cited name

Reference

Preferred name

Parent name

Caloplaca amylacea H.Magn.

Caloplaca amylacea H.Magn.

Galloway, D. J. (1985)

Caloplaca amylacea H.Magn.

Caloplaca amylacea H.Magn.

Galloway, D.J. (2007)

Caloplaca rubelliana (Ach.) Lojka

Metadata

Record id

08ea915b-8804-4c65-b2c1-0d8b06b397da

Record class

scientific name

Record source

Names_Plants

Date added

1 January 2000

Date last updated

2 October 2008

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