Calicium tricolor F.Wilson
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Calicium tricolor F.Wilson, Vict. Naturalist 6: 64 (1889)
Calicium tricolor F.Wilson
Biostatus
Nomenclature
F.Wilson
F.Wilson
1889
64
ICN
Calicium tricolor F.Wilson
species
Calicium tricolor
Classification
Synonyms
Descriptions
Thallus verrucose to almost immersed, verrucose-granular, pale straw yellow to almost white. Apothecia with a thick, often areolate pruina on lower side of capitulum. In some specimens, however, only some of the apothecia are pruinose. Apothecia 0.9-1.4 mm high, 6-10 times as high as width of stalk. All parts of the apothecium I-. Capitulum lenticular, 0.35-0.52 mm diam. Excipulum formed by ± isodiametric, heavily sclerotized cells. Hypothecium dark brown, with flat upper surface. Stalk 0.13-0.16 mm diam., shining, black, epruinose. In section the stalk is dark brown to dark aeruginose, consisting of periclinally arranged, ± branched hyphae with thickened, sclerotized walls. Outermost stalk layer gelatinous, I-. Asci cylindrical with uniseriate spores, 39-50 × 4.5-5.5 µm. Ascospores ellipsoid, 11-15 × 6-7 µm with minutely-coarsely areolate ornamentation. Chemistry: Thallus containing thiophanic acid and arthothelin. Thallus K+ dull yellow, C+ orange, KC+ orange to red, Pd-, UV+ dark orange. The pruina of the apothecia is Pd+ orange, but has not been identified.
Taxonomic concepts
Calicium cryptocroceum Tibell
Calicium tricolor F.Wilson
Calicium tricolor F.Wilson
Calicium tricolor F.Wilson
Calicium tricolor F.Wilson
Metadata
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scientific name
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1 January 2000
20 April 2020