Lichens (1985) - Flora of New Zealand Lichens
Copy a link to this page Cite this record

Caloplaca inclinans (Stirt.) Hellb.

C. inclinans (Stirton) Hellbom, Bihang K. Sv. Vet.-Akad. Handl. 21 (3) 13: 68 (1896).

Lecanora inclinans Stirton, J. Linn. Soc. Lond. Bot. 14: 463 (1875).

L. subpyracea Nyl., Lich. N.Z.: 59 (1888).

Type: New Zealand. Wellington, Sine loco. J. Buchanan, ?GLAM. No authentic material found in either BM or WELT.

Lecanora subpyracea . Lectotype: New Zealand. Sine loco (prob. Wellington). C. Knight 1867, H-NYL 29847!

Thallus crustose, granular-scurfy, greyish-white, often indistinct, K-, corticolous. Apothecia crowded to ± dispersed, rounded to deformed by mutual pressure, 0.1-1.0 mm diam., disc orange-red to pale yellowish-orange, matt, epruinose, plane to convex, margins persistent, entire to subcrenulate, pale whitish, concolorous with thallus. Ascospores biseriate, to ellipsoid, apices rounded to slightly pointed, straight, 2-locular, 11-17 × 6-8.3 µm, septum ½ length of spore.

N: Wellington. St:

Endemic

Click to go back to the top of the page
Top