Leimonis erratica (Körb.) R.C.Harris & Lendemer

Details

Name scientific

Leimonis erratica (Körb.) R.C.Harris & Lendemer in Harris, 6: 151 (2009)

Preferred name

Leimonis erratica (Körb.) R.C.Harris & Lendemer

Taxonomy reference

Harris, R.C. 2009: Four novel lichen taxa in the lichen biota of eastern North America. Opuscula Philolichenum 6: 149–156.

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Indigenous, non-endemic

Wild

New Zealand

Political Region

Czarnota, P. (2007)

Nomenclature

Authors

(Körb.) R.C.Harris & Lendemer

Original authors

Körb.

Combination authors

R.C.Harris & Lendemer

Publication place

Harris, R.C. 2009: Four novel lichen taxa in the lichen biota of eastern North America. Opuscula Philolichenum 6: 149–156.

Year published

2009

Publication page

151

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Lecidea erratica Körb.

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Leimonis erratica

Classification

Kingdom

Fungi

Phylum

Ascomycota

Class

Ascomycetes

Order

Lecanorales

Family

Pilocarpaceae

Genus

Leimonis

Species

erratica

Synonyms

Descriptions

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

Lecidea chalybeiza Nyl.

Description

Thallus dark grey or grey blue, in small, dispersed granules, appearing as a blue-grey stain on small pebbles, 0.5-2 cm diam. Apothecia scattered, frequent, minute, 0.2-0.3 mm diam., black, matt, epruinose, plane to subconvex, margin thin, black, present in young fruits, absent in older fruits. Epithecium green-black, 3-5 µm thick. Hymenium colourless, 30 µm tall. Paraphyses thick, dense, swollen apices pigmented greenish-black, 5 µm thick. Hypothecium brownish-grey, 20 µm thick. Ascospores ellipsoid 5-8.3 × 2.5-3.5 µm.