Megalospora subtuberculosa (C.Knight) Sipman

Details

Name scientific

Megalospora subtuberculosa (C.Knight) Sipman (1983)

Preferred name

Megalospora subtuberculosa (C.Knight) Sipman

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

Megalospora subtuberculosa (C.Knight) Sipman

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Indigenous, non-endemic

Wild

New Zealand

Political Region

Galloway, D.J. (2007)

Australasian

Nomenclature

Combination authors

Sipman

Original authors

C.Knight

Authors

(C.Knight) Sipman

Year published

1983

Publication page

123

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Lecidea versicolor var. subtuberculosa C.Knight

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Megalospora subtuberculosa

Classification

Kingdom

Fungi

Phylum

Ascomycota

Class

Ascomycetes

Order

Lecanorales

Family

Megalosporaceae

Genus

Megalospora

Species

subtuberculosa

Synonyms

Descriptions

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

Megalospora subtuberculosa (C.Knight) Sipman

Description

Thallus yellowish to greenish-grey, thin, nearly smooth or subverrucose, sorediate. Soralia rounded, subtuberculate, 0.4-1.0 mm diam., soredia 20-35(-50) µm diam. Apothecia scattered, often sparse, 0.8-3.0 mm diam., disc plane to subconvex, brown to black, dull, margins prominent, rather thick, concolorous with disc or darker, glossy. Epithecium brown, not granular, 12-18 µm thick. Hymenium 170-230 µm tall, I+ blue. Ascospores 1-septate, slightly curved, 32-42 × 19-25 µm. Chemistry: KC+ yellow, Pd-. Usnic acid and zeorin.