Bunodophoron ramuliferum (I. M. Lamb) Wedin
Data Set Maintenance: Data set standard item. Data set author(s): Wedin M. (96-07-15). Data set to be published after submission; 96-07-15.
Nomenclature: Current taxonomic status: accepted. Taxonomic rank: species. Bunodophoron. Sphaerophoraceae Fr. (1831).
Taxonomic Literature: Wedin M., Symb. Bot. Upsal. 31(1): 1-102 [77-81] (1995).
Biogeography: Continent: Australasia and Southern America.
Thallus: Branches terete, subterete, or compressed (strongly flattened). Upper Surface: Yellow; epruinose; isidia clustered.
Ascocarps: Forming directly at the tip of the thallus parts. Hymenium: Fully exposed from the beginning (gymnocarpous); upright or semi-upright.
Ascospores: 6.5-11 µm long, 6.5-11 µm wide; wall grey.
Conidia: Bacilliform; 4-5.5 µm long.
Secondary Metabolites: Sphaerophorin, isousnic acid, stictic acid, hypoconstictic acid, constictic acid, cryptostictic acid, and norstictic acid.
(report generated 15.Nov.2007)
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