Licea pusilla Schrad. 1797
Details
Details
Licea pusilla Schrad., Nov. Gen. Pl. 19 (1797)
Licea pusilla Schrad. 1797
Nomenclature
Schrad.
Schrad.
1797
19
ineffectively published, invalidly published
ICN
Licea pusilla Schrad. 1797
species
Licea pusilla
Classification
Subordinates
Descriptions
Licea pusilla Schrad. 1797
DWM 3102, 3281.
Fruiting body a sessile sporangium, gregarious, globose-pulvinate on a somewhat restricted base, dark purplish brown to brown to almost black, shining, 0.2–1.5 mm in diameter. Peridium thin, dark translucent, dehiscent from above into pre-formed lobes, each of the latter with a row of warts along the margin. Spores dark olive in mass, light olivaceous brown by transmitted light, the wall thinner on one side, densely and minutely warted, 15–17 µm in diameter. Plasmodium watery brown or dull yellow
First reported from New Zealand by Mitchell (1992), based on specimens appearing on bark samples placed in moist chamber culture. The bark samples were collected in Bay of Plenty and Mid Canterbury.
Dead wood and bark.
Martin & Alexopoulos (1969), Nannenga-Bremekamp (1991), Lado & Pando (1997), Ing (1999).
This species and Licea minima are very similar in appearance, but the latter has appreciably smaller spores.
Taxonomic concepts
Global name resources
Metadata
1cb1cf12-36b9-11d5-9548-00d0592d548c
scientific name
Names_Fungi
1 March 1994
3 April 2003
