Neofuscelia minuta (Essl.) Essl.
Details
Neofuscelia minuta (Essl.) Essl., Mycotaxon 7: 52 (1978)
Nomenclature
(Essl.) Essl.
Essl.
Essl.
1978
52
ICN
species
Neofuscelia minuta
Classification
Descriptions
Neofuscelia minuta (Essl.) Essl.
Thallus ± subcrustose, closely appressed or slightly raised at periphery, rather tightly adnate, 2 cm diam., saxicolous. Lobes 0.25-0.6 mm broad, ± flat, somewhat elongate and sinuous, discrete to contiguous. Upper surface reddish-brown, slightly paler and more yellow at apices, smooth at periphery, becoming wrinkled and fissured centrally, developing small, irregular papillae and lobules, dull centrally, shining at apices and on central lobules, without isidia. Lower surface dark brown to black, smooth to weakly wrinkled, dull, sparsely rhizinate. Rhizines concolorous with lower surface, to 0.2 mm long. Apothecia absent. Pycnidia rare. Conidia 5.5-7 × 1 µm. Chemistry: Cortex K-, HNO3+ dark blue-green; medulla K-, C+ rose, KC+ rose, Pd-. Gyrophoric acid.
Taxonomic concepts
Neofuscelia minuta (Essl.) Essl.
Neofuscelia minuta (Essl.) Essl.
Metadata
117db86a-11c2-4b2b-be3f-4c1181cd056f
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
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