Hypotrachyna costaricensis (Nyl.) Hale

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Name scientific

Hypotrachyna costaricensis (Nyl.) Hale, Smithson. Contr. Bot. 25: 29 (1975)

Preferred name

Remototrachyna costaricensis Divakar & A.Crespo

Taxonomy reference

Divakar, P.K.; Lumbsch, H.T.; Ferencova, Z.; del Prado, R.; Crespo, A. 2010: Remototrachyna, a newly recognised tropical lineage of lichens in the Hypotrachyna clade (Parmeliaceae, Ascomycota) originated in the Indian subcontinent. American Journal of Botany 97(4): 579–590.

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Hypotrachyna costaricensis (Nyl.) Hale

Nomenclature

Authors

(Nyl.) Hale

Original authors

Nyl.

Combination authors

Hale

Publication place

Hale, M.E. 1975: A revision of the lichen genus Hypotrachyna (Parmeliaceae) in tropical America. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 25: 1–73.

Year published

1975

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Basionym

Parmelia costaricensis Nyl.

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Hypotrachyna costaricensis

Classification

Kingdom

Fungi

Phylum

Ascomycota

Class

Ascomycetes

Order

Lecanorales

Family

Parmeliaceae

Genus

Hypotrachyna

Species

costaricensis

Descriptions

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

Hypotrachyna costaricensis (Nyl.) Hale

Description

Thallus lobate, closely to loosely attached, 6-10 cm diam., corticolous. Lobes sublinear to irregular, often imbricate, 2-6 mm wide. Upper surface whitish to greenish-grey, plane, usually strongly maculate (×10 lens), isidiate. Isidia terete, simple to coralloid-branched. Lower surface black, moderately to densely rhizinate. Rhizines, black, dichotomously branched, forming a thick mat visible at margins. Apothecia not seen. Chemistry: Cortex K+ yellow; medulla K-, C-, KC-, Pd-. Protolichesterinic, caperatic acids and atranorin.

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