Cetraria Ach.

Details

Name scientific

Cetraria Ach. (1803)

Preferred name

Cetraria Ach.

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

Cetraria Ach. 1803

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Indigenous, non-endemic

Wild

New Zealand

Political Region

Galloway, D.J. (2007)

Nomenclature

Original authors

Ach.

Authors

Ach.

Year published

1803

Nomenclatural status

conserved

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Type taxon

Cetraria islandica (L.) Ach.

Taxonomic rank

genus

Canonical form

Cetraria

Classification

Kingdom

Fungi

Phylum

Ascomycota

Class

Ascomycetes

Order

Lecanorales

Family

Parmeliaceae

Genus

Cetraria

Subordinates

Synonyms

Descriptions

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

Cetraria Ach.

Description

Thallus ± fruticose and erect, rhizines when present confined to the central part of the lower surface, dying away at base, terricolous or muscicolous. Lobes flattened, rarely terete, weakly branching. Upper surface olive-green or brownish or reddish-brown or yellow, with laminal or marginal pseudocyphellae and often marginal projections. Photobiont green, . Medulla white. Apothecia lecanorine, marginal or submarginal. Ascospores colourless, simple, ellipsoid, 6-8 per ascus.