Verrucaria glaucina Ach.

Caption:

Details

Name scientific

Verrucaria glaucina Ach., Lichenogr. Universalis 675 (1810)

Preferred name

Verrucaria glaucina Ach.

Taxonomy reference

Galloway, D.J. 2007: Flora of New Zealand; Lichens, including lichen-forming and lichenicolous fungi. Revised second edition. Vol. 2. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

Linked name

Verrucaria glaucina Ach.

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Indigenous, non-endemic

Wild

New Zealand

Political Region

Galloway, D.J. (2007)

Cosmopolitan

Nomenclature

Original authors

Ach.

Authors

Ach.

Publication place

Acharius, E. 1810: Lichenographia Universalis. J.F. Danckwerts, Gottingae.

Year published

1810

Publication page

675

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Verrucaria glaucina Ach.

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Verrucaria glaucina

Classification

Kingdom

Fungi

Phylum

Ascomycota

Class

Ascomycetes

Order

Verrucariales

Family

Verrucariaceae

Genus

Verrucaria

Species

glaucina

Synonyms

Verrucaria otagensis Zahlbr.

Descriptions

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

Verrucaria otagensis Zahlbr.

Description

Thallus in irregular patches 2-6(-8) cm diam., (0.2-0.3 mm thick) rather rough, brown-black or reddish-brown, surface verrucose-uneven, dull, at first depressed- verrucose then minutely areolate, areolae 0.4-2.0 mm diam., separated by wide cracks, plane then verrucose-cracked uneven, saxicolous. Perithecia immersed, solitary to 1-4 together, subconvex, black, minute, 0.1-0.4 mm diam. Ascospores biseriate, oblong-ellipsoid or suboval-oblong, straight, apices rounded, contents oily, 16-18 × 8-9 µm.