Porina albicascens (Nyl.) Müll.Arg.

Details

Name scientific

Porina albicascens (Nyl.) Müll.Arg. (1892)

Preferred name

Strigula albicascens (Nyl.) R.C.Harris

Taxonomy reference

Galloway, D.J. 2007: Flora of New Zealand; Lichens, including lichen-forming and lichenicolous fungi. Revised second edition. Vol. 2. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

Nomenclature

Combination authors

Müll.Arg.

Original authors

Nyl.

Authors

(Nyl.) Müll.Arg.

Year published

1892

Publication page

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Verrucaria albicascens Nyl.

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Porina albicascens

Classification

Kingdom

Fungi

Phylum

Ascomycota

Class

Ascomycetes

Order

Trichotheliales

Family

Trichotheliaceae

Genus

Porina

Species

albicascens

Descriptions

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

Porina albicascens (Nyl.) Müll.Arg.

Description

Thallus very pale, whitish, blotchy, mainly endophloeodal, effuse or lacking, in irregular patches, 1-3 cm diam., often forming pale mosaics on bark. Perithecia scattered, black, often partially covered with a veil of periderm, and appearing greyish, 0.05-0.2 mm diam., subconvex, ± immersed, apical pore minute. Paraphyses filiform, discrete, septate, long. Asci clavate, thin walled, 71-88 × 10.2 µm. Ascospores biseriate, 8 per ascus, oblong-fusiform, 3-6-septate, locules uneven (12-)20-23.8 × 5.1-6.8 µm.

Taxonomic concepts

Name

Cited name

Reference

Preferred name

Parent name

Porina albicascens (Nyl.) Müll.Arg.

Porina albicascens (Nyl.) Müll.Arg.

Galloway, D. J. (1985)

Porina albicascens (Nyl.) Müll.Arg.

Porina albicascens (Nyl.) Müll.Arg.

Galloway, D.J. (2007)

Strigula albicascens (Nyl.) R.C.Harris

Metadata

Record id

666580dc-01da-4825-9f1a-1ea1304a7215

Record class

scientific name

Record source

Names_Plants

Date added

1 January 2000

Date last updated

27 October 2010

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