Pyrenula thelomorpha Tuck.
Details
Pyrenula thelomorpha Tuck., Gen. Lich. 275 (1872)
Pyrenula thelomorpha Tuck.
Biostatus
Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region
Anthracothecium cellulosum (C.Knight) Müll.Hal., previously regarded as an NZ endemic, synonymised with pantropical Pyrenula thelomorpha Tuck.
Nomenclature
Tuck.
Tuck.
1872
275
ICN
Pyrenula thelomorpha Tuck.
species
Pyrenula thelomorpha
Classification
Descriptions
Thallus spreading in irregular patches, 1-2 cm diam., effuse or lacking, olive-green to pale brownish-grey, rather varnish-like in parts, without a prothallus, corticolous. Pseudothecia simple, black, solitary, scattered, ± immersed at first, becoming subglobose, shining, epruinose, minute, 0.05-0.2 mm diam. Ascospores 8 per ascus, oblong-ellipsoid, biseriate, muriform, colourless to pale yellow-brownish 35-52 × 8-13 µm.
Taxonomic concepts
Anthracothecium cellulosum (C.Knight) Müll.Arg.
Pyrenula thelomorpha Tuck.
Anthracothecium cellulosum (C.Knight) Müll.Arg.
Anthracothecium cellulosum (C.Knight) Müll.Arg.
Verrucaria cellulosa C.Knight
Pyrenula thelomorpha Tuck.
Verrucaria cellulosa C.Knight
Metadata
f05be700-4437-4973-8e97-7dec9ff1a8b8
scientific name
Names_Plants
20 September 2013
16 January 2017