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Lecanora andina Räsänen

Data Set Maintenance: Data set standard item. Data set author(s): Lumbsch H. T. & Guderley R. (98-09-01). Data set to be published after submission; 98-09-01.

Nomenclature: Current taxonomic status: accepted or basionymous. Taxonomic rank: species. Lecanora. Lecanoraceae Körb. (1855).

Taxonomic Literature: Lumbsch, H.T., J. Hattori Bot. Lab. 77: 1-175 [64-66] (1994).

Biogeography: Continent: Australasia and Southern America.

Ecology: Corticolous.

Thallus: Areolate (primarily areolate), bullate; separate thallus parts thick. Thallus Outline: Indistinct; soon disappearing. Upper Surface: Verrucose, lemon (citrine) or pale grey, glossy (shiny), smooth; epruinose; not sorediate.

Ascocarps: Soon sessile. Margin: Lecanorine, verruculose, smooth, not flexuose, persistent, indistinct to distinct, concolourous with the surrounding thallus; without a thin rim between disk and thalline margin. Disk: Plane, brownish red or brown, epruinose, pruina scarce. Parathecium (proper excipulum): White, not inspersed with crystals. Amphithecium (thalline excipulum): Present; crystals small, not dissolving in 10% KOH; photobiont abundant. Amphithecial Cortex: Present, distinctly developed, eucortical, 25-30-35-(50) µm wide, not basally widened, 25-30-35-(50) µm wide at the base. Episamma: Without episamma. Epithecium: Apical cells distinctly swollen, brownish red, insoluble in 10% KOH. Hymenium: Not inspers. Hypothecium: White; not inspers.

Ascospores: c. 8 per ascus, ellipsoid, 9-10.5-11.5-(12) µm long, 5-6.5-7-(7.5) µm wide; wall thin, not ornamented.

Secondary Metabolites: Atranorin, of the following substance class(es): orcinol depsides.

Spot Tests: Upper surface: C –, PD –.

(report generated 04.Okt.2007)


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