Gyalolechia fulgens (Sw.) Søchting, Frödén & Arup
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Gyalolechia fulgens (Sw.) Søchting, Frödén & Arup, Nordic. J. Bot. 31: 70 (2013)
Gyalolechia fulgens (Sw.) Søchting, Frödén & Arup
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Nomenclature
(Sw.) Søchting, Frödén & Arup
Sw.
Søchting, Frödén & Arup
2013
70
ICN
species
Gyalolechia fulgens
Classification
Descriptions
Thallus orbicular, placodioid, to 3(-5) cm diam., saxicolous. Lobes contiguous, imbricate or sublobulate sometimes dispersed, longer than broad and mostly over 1 mm wide, margins neat, clearly differentiated, centre of thallus becoming warted-bullate or areolate. Upper surface matt, yellow-orange to whitish, often strongly white-pruinose, pruina coarse, floury, schizidia (small scale-like structures which split off from the upper surface) often present. Apothecia sessile, central, to 1.5 mm wide, disc convex, orange, with a thin thalline margin, excluded with age. Ascospores rather variable in shape, short and tapered to ellipsoid, 9-12 × 2.5-5 µm. Chemistry: Medulla contains fragilin and caloploicin. Apothecia contain parietin.
Taxonomic concepts
Fulgensia fulgens (Sw.) Elenkin
Gyalolechia fulgens (Sw.) Søchting, Frödén & Arup
Gyalolechia fulgens (Sw.) Søchting, Frödén & Arup 2013
Gyalolechia fulgens (Sw.) Søchting, Frödén & Arup
Lichen fulgens Sw.
Gyalolechia fulgens (Sw.) Søchting, Frödén & Arup
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