Halegrapha mucronata (Stirt.) Lücking

Details

Name scientific

Halegrapha mucronata (Stirt.) Lücking, Lichenologist 43: 340 (2011)

Preferred name

Halegrapha mucronata (Stirt.) Lücking

Taxonomy reference

Lücking, R.; Rivas Plata, E.; Kalb, K.; Common, R.S.; Barcenas Peña, A.; Duya, M.V. 2011: Halegrapha (Ascomycota: Graphidaceae), an enigmatic new genus of tropical lichenized fungi dedicated to Mason E. Hale Jr. The Lichenologist 43(4): 331–343.

Linked name

Halegrapha mucronata (Stirt.) Lücking

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Indigenous, non-endemic

Wild

New Zealand

Political Region

Nomenclature

Authors

(Stirt.) Lücking

Original authors

Stirt.

Combination authors

Lücking

Publication place

Year published

2011

Publication page

340

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Graphis mucronata Stirt.

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Halegrapha mucronata

Classification

Kingdom

Fungi

Phylum

Ascomycota

Class

Ascomycetes

Order

Ostropales

Family

Graphidaceae

Genus

Halegrapha

Species

mucronata

Synonyms

Descriptions

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

Phaeographis australiensis Müll.Arg.

Description

Thallus thick, creamish-white, undulate or roughened, rugose with minute, reticulate cracking, corticolous. Lirellae prominent, flexuous, 1-3 × 0.5 mm, ends often acute, thalline margins distinct, proper exciple prominent, open, base variable. Ascospores 8 per ascus, very pale brown, younger spores colourless, 9-12-locular, 38-60 × 8-10 µm, often with a distinct tag at either end. Chemistry: Norstictic acid.