Acrocordia biformis (Borrer) Arnold

Details

Name scientific

Acrocordia biformis (Borrer) Arnold (1861)

Preferred name

Anisomeridium biforme (Borrer) R.C.Harris

Taxonomy reference

Galloway, D.J. 2007: Flora of New Zealand; Lichens, including lichen-forming and lichenicolous fungi. Revised second edition. Vol. 1. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

Linked name

Acrocordia biformis (Borrer) Arnold 1861

Nomenclature

Combination authors

Arnold

Original authors

Borrer

Authors

(Borrer) Arnold

Year published

1861

Publication page

537

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Verrucaria biformis Borrer

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Acrocordia biformis

Classification

Kingdom

Fungi

Phylum

Ascomycota

Class

Ascomycetes

Order

Pyrenulales

Family

Monoblastiaceae

Genus

Acrocordia

Species

biformis

Descriptions

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

Acrocordia biformis (Borrer) Arnold

Description

Thallus white, thin to effuse, cracked or ± continuous. Perithecia scattered to crowded, occasionally fused, hemispherical to subglobose very small, 0.25-0.5 mm diam., leaving shallow pits. Asci cylindrical, clavate, with a thick wall at tip, dimple at apex 4 µm diam., 150 × 12 µm. Ascospores irregularly uniseriate sometimes ± biseriate, ellipsoid, 1-septate, 12-16 × 5-7 µm, both cells equal, often with oil droplets.

Taxonomic concepts

Name

Cited name

Reference

Preferred name

Parent name

Acrocordia biformis (Borrer) Arnold

Acrocordia biformis (Borrer) Arnold

Galloway, D. J. (1985)

Acrocordia biformis (Borrer) Arnold

Acrocordia biformis (Borrer) Arnold

Galloway, D.J. (2007)

Anisomeridium biforme (Borrer) R.C.Harris

Metadata

Record id

53457906-df6d-4810-964a-77684d5bece8

Record class

scientific name

Record source

Names_Plants

Date added

11 April 2006

Date last updated

19 December 2007

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