Remototrachyna costaricensis Divakar & A.Crespo

Details

Name scientific

Remototrachyna costaricensis Divakar & A.Crespo, Amer. J. Bot. 97: 586 (2010)

Preferred name

Remototrachyna costaricensis Divakar & A.Crespo

Taxonomy reference

Divakar, P.K.; Lumbsch, H.T.; Ferencova, Z.; del Prado, R.; Crespo, A. 2010: Remototrachyna, a newly recognised tropical lineage of lichens in the Hypotrachyna clade (Parmeliaceae, Ascomycota) originated in the Indian subcontinent. American Journal of Botany 97(4): 579–590.

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Indigenous, non-endemic

Wild

New Zealand

Political Region

Nomenclature

Original authors

Divakar & A.Crespo

Authors

Divakar & A.Crespo

Publication place

Year published

2010

Publication page

586

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Parmelia costaricensis Nyl.

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Remototrachyna costaricensis

Classification

Kingdom

Fungi

Phylum

Ascomycota

Class

Ascomycetes

Order

Lecanorales

Family

Parmeliaceae

Species

costaricensis

Synonyms

Descriptions

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

Hypotrachyna costaricensis (Nyl.) Hale

Description

Thallus lobate, closely to loosely attached, 6-10 cm diam., corticolous. Lobes sublinear to irregular, often imbricate, 2-6 mm wide. Upper surface whitish to greenish-grey, plane, usually strongly maculate (×10 lens), isidiate. Isidia terete, simple to coralloid-branched. Lower surface black, moderately to densely rhizinate. Rhizines, black, dichotomously branched, forming a thick mat visible at margins. Apothecia not seen. Chemistry: Cortex K+ yellow; medulla K-, C-, KC-, Pd-. Protolichesterinic, caperatic acids and atranorin.