Diploschistes sticticus (Körb.) Müll. Arg.
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. Taxonomic rank: species. Diploschistes. Thelotremataceae (Nyl.) Stizenb. (1862).
Taxonomic Literature: Lumbsch, H.T. & Elix, J.A., Pl. Syst. Evol. 167: 195-199 (1989).
Biogeography: Continent: Africa and Australasia.
Ecology: Biotroph; lichenized; substrate non-calciferous.
Thallus: Separate thallus parts thin. Upper Surface: Pale grey or grey-brown; plane, smooth; epruinose.
Ascocarps: Perithecioid, not emerging. Hymenium: 120-160 µm high.
Ascospores: c. 8 per ascus, ellipsoid, (19)-23-(27) µm long, (10)-13-(15) µm wide; 4-7-transversally septate; 1-3 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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