Melanotheca Fée

Details

Name scientific

Melanotheca Fée (1837)

Preferred name

Pyrenula Ach.

Taxonomy reference

Harris, R.C. 1989: A sketch of the family Pyrenulaceae (Melanommatales) in eastern North America. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 49: 74–107.

Nomenclature

Original authors

Fée

Authors

Fée

Year published

1837

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Taxonomic rank

genus

Canonical form

Melanotheca

Classification

Kingdom

Fungi

Phylum

Ascomycota

Class

Ascomycetes

Order

Verrucariales

Family

Verrucariaceae

Genus

Melanotheca

Subordinates

Descriptions

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

Melanotheca Fée

Description

Thallus crustose, smooth, shining, ± varnish-like. Photobiont green, . Ascocarps in form of pseudothecia, united in a ± rounded stroma, separated by thin lateral walls and with a common upper wall. Pseudoparaphyses indistinct. Ascospores brown, 1-septate to several-septate, oval-ellipsoid, 8 per ascus.

Taxonomic concepts

Name

Cited name

Reference

Preferred name

Parent name

Melanotheca Fée

Melanotheca Fée

Galloway, D. J. (1985)

Melanotheca Fée

Melanotheca Fée

Harris, R.C. (1989)

Pyrenula Ach.

Metadata

Record id

f1583f28-f68a-4152-9e9f-0eba1e35955d

Record class

scientific name

Record source

Names_Plants

Date added

1 January 2000

Date last updated

11 June 2019

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