Schismatomma atratum (Stirt.) Zahlbr.

Details

Name scientific

Schismatomma atratum (Stirt.) Zahlbr. (1923)

Preferred name

Nomenclature

Combination authors

Zahlbr.

Original authors

Stirt.

Authors

(Stirt.) Zahlbr.

Year published

1923

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Platygrapha atrata Stirt.

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Schismatomma atratum

Classification

Kingdom

Fungi

Phylum

Ascomycota

Class

Ascomycetes

Order

Arthoniales

Family

Roccellaceae

Genus

Schismatomma

Species

atratum

Descriptions

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

Schismatomma atratum (Stirt.) Zahlbr.

Description

Thallus white or pale greyish-white, thin, effuse, continuous or slightly cracked, in small patches, 1-2 cm diam., corticolous. Apothecia innate to flat or subconcave, rounded to irregular, to 0.25 mm diam., black, epruinose, thalline margin split transversely. Hypothecium colourless. Ascospores fusiform 3-septate, 16-18 × 3.5-4 µm. Chemistry: Nil.

Taxonomic concepts

Name

Cited name

Reference

Preferred name

Parent name

Schismatomma atratum (Stirt.) Zahlbr.

Schismatomma atratum (Stirt.) Zahlbr.

Galloway, D. J. (1985)

Notes

Note type

editorial

Note text

Schistmatomma ataratum (Stirt.) Zahlbr.) is not listed in Galloway (2007) although Galloway says "the type of Platygrapha atrata Stirt. (see Flora 1985: 521 as Schistmatomma atratum (Stirt.) Zahlbr.) is also probably referable to Bactrospora.

Note 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.

Metadata

Record id

b75c3670-5e24-4e87-a61f-30edda71d900

Record class

scientific name

Record source

Names_Plants

Date added

1 January 2000

Date last updated

6 January 2016

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