Melanelia subglabra (Räsänen) Essl.
Details
Melanelia subglabra (Räsänen) Essl., Mycotaxon 7: 48 (1978)
Nomenclature
(Räsänen) Essl.
Räsänen
Essl.
1978
48
ICN
species
Melanelia subglabra
Classification
Descriptions
Melanelia subglabra (Räsänen) Essl.
Thallus ± appressed throughout, or margins and lobe ends somewhat reflexed, loosely to moderately adnate, 1.5-7.0 cm diam. Lobes 1.5-4.0 (-6.0) mm broad, ± flat, rather short and broadly rounded, ± imbricate. Upper surface pale olive-brown to red-brown, smooth to finely pitted and/or wrinkled at apices, centrally more strongly rugose, dull to rather shining, especially at margins, isidia and pseudocyphellae absent, sparsely to densely sorediate. Soralia laminal and/or marginal, punctiform to strongly capitate, rarely sublabriform at margins, often coalescing into large, irregular patches. Soredia whitish or yellowish, granular. Lower surface pale tan to black, smooth to subrugose, ± shining, especially at margins. Apothecia not seen in New Zealand material. Chemistry: Cortex K-, medulla K ± faint violet or faint yellow, C+ rose, KC+ rose, Pd-. Gyrophoric acid.
Taxonomic concepts
Melanelia subglabra (Räsänen) Essl.
Melanelia subglabra (Räsänen) Essl.
Melanelia subglabra (Räsänen) Essl.
Melanelia subglabra (Räsänen) Essl.
Melanelia subglabra (Räsänen) Essl.
Melanelia subglabra (Räsänen) Essl.
Melanelia subglabra (Räsänen) Essl.
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1 January 2000
11 September 2019