Byssoloma subdiscordans (Nyl.) P.James

Details

Name scientific

Byssoloma subdiscordans (Nyl.) P.James (1971)

Preferred name

Byssoloma subdiscordans (Nyl.) P.James

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

Byssoloma subdiscordans (Nyl.) P.James

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Indigenous, non-endemic

Wild

New Zealand

Political Region

Galloway, D.J. (2007)

Pantropical

Nomenclature

Combination authors

P.James

Original authors

Nyl.

Authors

(Nyl.) P.James

Year published

1971

Publication page

126

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Chiodecton subdiscordans Nyl.

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Byssoloma subdiscordans

Classification

Kingdom

Fungi

Phylum

Ascomycota

Class

Ascomycetes

Order

Lecanorales

Family

Pilocarpaceae

Genus

Byssoloma

Species

subdiscordans

Synonyms

Descriptions

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

Byssoloma rotuliforme (Müll.Arg.) R.Sant.

Description

Thallus to 4 cm diam., scattered, formed of small (0.2-0.4 mm diam.) irregular patches, in central parts often continuous, white or pale greenish-grey, slightly shining, prothallus absent, foliicolous. Apothecia sessile, margins irregularly circular, sometimes confluent, 0.3-0.6 mm diam., distinctly byssoid, disc black, epruinose, plane to subconvex. Ascospores irregularly arranged, 3-septate, ellipsoid, 10-17 × 3-5 µm. Pycnidia rare, sessile, ± globose, 0.05-0.15 mm diam. Conidia simple, flask-shaped, 4-5 × 1.5-2 µm.