Biatora ocelliformis (Nyl.) Arnold
Data Set Maintenance: Data set standard item. Data set author(s): Printzen C. (95-05-15). Data set to be published after submission; 95-05-15.
Nomenclature: Current taxonomic status: accepted. Taxonomic rank: species. Biatora. Biatoraceae A. Massal. ex Stiz. (1862).
Taxonomic Literature: Printzen Ch., Biblioth. Lichenol. 60: 109-115 (1995).
Ecology: Corticolous.
Thallus: Indistinct or crustose, rimose. Thallus Outline: Soon disappearing. Upper Surface: Grey or olive; not sorediate.
Margin: Not flexuose, indistinct to distinct. Exciple: Green, white, or olive. Epithecium: Apical cells green or olive. Hymenium: (30)-36-(40) µm high. Hypothecium: Green, white, or olive.
Ascospores: Oblong, (7.5)-9.7-14.2-(20) µm long, (2.5)-2.8-4.2-(4.5) µm wide; septa mostly absent or present; 1-transversally septate; wall not constricted where the septum meets the spore wall.
Conidia: Bacilliform; (9.5)-(13) µm long.
Secondary Metabolites: Argopsin.
(report generated 15.Nov.2007)
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