Biatora vacciniicola (Tønsberg) Printzen
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: 142-146 (1995).
Ecology: Corticolous.
Thallus: Indistinct or crustose, not subdivided parts, granular. Thallus Outline: Soon disappearing. Upper Surface: Grey or olive; sorediate.
Margin: Not flexuose, indistinct. Exciple: White or brownish yellow. Epithecium: Apical cells brownish yellow. Hypothecium: White or brownish yellow.
Ascospores: Oblong, (7.5)-9.9-10.5-(14) µm long, (2.5)-2.8-3.3-(4) µm wide; septa mostly absent or present; 1-transversally septate; wall not constricted where the septum meets the spore wall.
Secondary Metabolites: Gyrophoric acid.
(report generated 15.Nov.2007)
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