Download Copy a link to this page Cite this record

Lecanactis pallens Zahlbr.

Scientific name record
Names_Plants record source
This is a synonym
This record has collections
This record has descriptions

Click to collapse Details Info

Lecanactis pallens Zahlbr., Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Kl., Denkschr. 104: 262 (1941)

Click to collapse Nomenclature Info

Zahlbr.
Zahlbr.
1941
262
ICN
Lecanactis pallens Zahlbr.
species
Lecanactis pallens

Click to collapse Classification Info

pallens

Click to collapse Descriptions Info

Lecanactis pallens Zahlbr.

Thallus white or greenish-white or pale green-grey, closely attached, spreading in rounded patches, to 8 (rarely to 20) cm diam., corticolous. Upper surface rough, chalky, minutely areolate-cracked, areolae angular or plane, 0.2-0.3 mm diam., separated by narrow cracks. Apothecia lecideine, sessile, constricted at base, 0.5-1 mm diam., crowded in groups or dispersed, disc concave at first, becoming plane or subconvex with age, white-pruinose at first, becoming brownish-grey or bluish-pruinose when mature, often gyrose centrally, proper margin distinct, white-pruinose to blackish, entire or crenulate, or distorted by mutual pressure. Hymenium 140-160 µm tall, blackish above, pale brownish below. Asci clavate, rounded at apices, walls thickened, 85-90 × 13-15 µm. Ascospores 3-4-seriate, acicular, apices rounded, straight or slightly curved, 11-13-septate, 36-45 × 3 µm. Chemistry: Schizopeltic acid and an unidentified (UV+ violet) compound.

Click to collapse Taxonomic concepts Info

Lecanactis pallens Zahlbr.
Lecanactis pallens Zahlbr.
Lecanactis pallens Zahlbr.
Lecanactis pallens Zahlbr.

Click to collapse Collections Info

Lecanactis pallens Zahlbr.
New Zealand
Otago Land District

Click to collapse Metadata Info

5dd0eb49-7470-4aab-9c19-cd7d70a3c6f8
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
16 September 2009
Click to go back to the top of the page
Top