Diploschistes badius Lumbsch & Elix
Data Set Maintenance: Data set standard item. Data set author(s): Lumbsch H. T. & Guderley R. (95-03-01). Data set to be published after submission; 95-03-01.
Nomenclature: Current taxonomic status: accepted or basionymous. Taxonomic rank: species. Diploschistes. Thelotremataceae (Nyl.) Stizenb. (1862).
Taxonomic Literature: Lumbsch, H.T. & Elix, J.A., Pl. Syst. Evol. 167: 195-199 (1989); Lumbsch, H.T., J. Hattori Bot. Lab. 66: 133-196 (1989).
Biogeography: Continent: Northern America.
Ecology: Biotroph; lichenized; substrate non-calciferous.
Thallus: Separate thallus parts thin. Upper Surface: Grey-brown; plane, smooth; epruinose.
Ascocarps: Perithecioid, not emerging. Disk: Plane. Hymenium: 120-140 µm high.
Ascospores: c. 8 per ascus, broadly ellipsoid, (21)-25-(28) µm long, (10)-12-(13) µm wide; 4-6-transversally septate; 1-2 longitudinal septa per transversal septum; wall middle brown, in Lugol's Solution negative.
Secondary Metabolites: Gyrophoric acid and lecanoric acid; of the following substance class(es): orcinol depsides.
(report generated 06.Dez.2007)
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