Caloplaca citrina (Hoffm.) Th.Fr.

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Name scientific

Caloplaca citrina (Hoffm.) Th.Fr. (1861)

Preferred name

Flavoplaca citrina (Hoﬀm.) Arup, Frödén & Søchting

Taxonomy reference

Arup, U.; Søchting, U.; Frödén, P. 2013: A new taxonomy of the family Teloschistaceae. Nordic Journal of Botany 31: 16–83.

Nomenclature

Combination authors

Th.Fr.

Original authors

Hoffm.

Authors

(Hoffm.) Th.Fr.

Year published

1861

Publication page

218

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Verrucaria citrina Hoffm.

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Caloplaca citrina

Classification

Kingdom

Fungi

Phylum

Ascomycota

Class

Ascomycetes

Order

Teloschistales

Family

Teloschistaceae

Genus

Caloplaca

Species

citrina

Descriptions

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

Caloplaca citrina (Hoffm.) Th.Fr.

Description

Thallus crustose, effuse, coarsely granular-sorediate in a ± diffract-areolate crust, or ± thinly scattered, yellow to pale lemon yellow or green-yellow, K+ purple, saxicolous. Apothecia rather rare, 0.2-0.6 mm diam., disc plane, matt, orange, thalline margin granular, concolorous with thallus, occluded with age. Ascospores biseriate, ellipsoid with rounded ends, straight, 10-15 × 4.5-8 µm, septum c. ⅓ length of spore. Chemistry: Emodin, parietin, xanthorin, fallacinal.

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