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Lichens A-Pac (2007) - Flora of New Zealand Lichens - Revised Second Edition A-Pac
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Bacidia laurocerasi

B. laurocerasi (Delise ex Duby) Vain., Acta Soc. Fauna Fl. fenn. 53 (1): 175 (1922).

≡Patellaria laurocerasi Delise ex Duby, Bot. gall. 2: 653 (1830).

=Lecidea ceratina Stirt., Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 14: 468 (1875).

≡Patellaria ceratina (Stirt.) Müll.Arg., Bull. Herb. Boissier 2, App. 1: 68 (1894).

≡Bacidia ceratina (Stirt.) Hellb., Bihang K. Sv. Vet.-Akad. Handl. 21 (3/13): 101 (1896).

=Lecidea concinnior, Stirt., Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 14: 469 (1875).

≡Patellaria concinnior (Stirt.) Müll.Arg., Bull. Herb. Boissier 2, App. 1: 68 (1894).

≡Bacidia concinnior (Stirt.) Hellb., Bihang K. Sv. Vet.-Akad. Handl. 21 (3/13): 101 (1896).

=Lecidea praelucida Kremp., Verhandl. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien26: 455 (1876).

≡Patellaria praelucida (Kremp.) Müll.Arg., Bull. Herb. Boissier 2, App. 1: 68 (1894).

≡Bacidia praelucida (Kremp.) Hellb., Bihang K. Sv. Vet.-Akad. Handl. 21 (3/13): 101 (1896).

=Bacidia eucoccodes C.Knight, Trans. N. Z. Inst. 12: 370 (1880).

≡Patellaria eucoccodes (C.Knight) Müll.Arg., Bull. Herb. Boissier 2, App. 1: 67 (1894).

≡Bacidia endococcodes [sic] (C.Knight) Hellb., Bihang K. Sv. Vet. Akad. Handl. 21 (3/13): 101 (1896).

=Bacidia anceps C.Knight, Trans. N. Z. Inst. 12: 371 (1880).

≡Lecidea anceps (C.Knight) Nyl., Lich. Nov. Zel.: 96 (1888).

≡Patellaria anceps (C.Knight) Müll.Arg., Bull. Herb. Boissier 2, App. 1: 67 (1894).

=Bacidia stenospora C.Knight, Trans. N. Z. Inst. 12: 372 (1880).

≡Patellaria stenosporina [sic] (C.Knight) Müll.Arg., Bull. Herb. Boissier 2, App. 1: 69 (1894).

≡Bacidia stenosporina (C.Knight) Hellb., Bihang K. Sv. Vet.- Akad. Handl. 21 (3/13): 102 (1896).

=Bacidia rimosa C.Knight, Trans. N. Z. Inst. 12: 372 (1880).

≡Patellaria rimosa (C.Knight) Müll.Arg., Bull. Herb. Boisssier 2, App. 1: 68 (1894).

=Bacidia carneorufa C.Knight Trans N. Z. Inst. 12 : 373 (1880). 

≡Patellaria carneorufa (C.Knight) Müll.Arg., Bull. Herb. Boissier 2, App. 1: 68 (1894).

=Bacidia rosellocarnea C.Knight, Trans. N. Z. Inst. 12: 373 (1880).

≡Lecidea rosellocarnea (C.Knight) Nyl., Lich. Nov. Zel.: 98 (1888).

≡Patellaria rosellocarnea (C.Knight) Müll.Arg., Bull. Herb. Boissier 2, App. 1: 68 (1894).

=Bacidia nanospora C.Knight, Trans. N. Z. Inst. 12: 374 (1880).

≡Patellaria brachyspora Müll.Arg., Bull. Herb. Boissier 2, App. 1: 66 (1894).

≡Bacidia brachyspora (Müll.Arg.) Hellb., Bihang K. Sv. Vet.-Akad. Handl. 21 (3/13): 100 (1896).

=Bacidia rhodocarpa C.Knight, Trans. N. Z. Inst. 12: 374 (1880).

=Lecidea subrosella Nyl., Lich. Nov. Zel.: 96 (1888).

≡Patellaria subrosella (Nyl.) Müll.Arg., Bull. Herb. Boissier 2, App. 1: 67 (1894).

≡Bacidia subrosella (Nyl.) Hellb., Bihang K. Sv. Vet.-Akad. Handl., 21 (3/13): 100 (1896).

=Lecidea subrubella Nyl., Lich. Nov. Zel.: 97 (1888).

≡Patellaria subrubella (Nyl.) Müll.Arg., Bull. Herb. Boissier 2, App. 1: 67 (1894).

≡Bacidia subrubella (Nyl.) Hellb., Bihang K. Sv. Vet.-Akad. Handl. 21 (3/13): 100 (1896).

=Lecidea arceutinoides Nyl., Lich. Nov. Zel.: 97 (1888).

≡Patellaria arceutinoides (Nyl.) Müll.Arg., Bull. Herb. Boissier 2, App. 1: 67 (1894).

≡Bacidia arceutinoides (Nyl.) Hellb., Bihang K. Sv. Vet.-Akad. Handl. 21(3/13): 99 (1896).

=Lecidea subsimilans Nyl., Lich. Nov. Zel.: 97 (1888).

≡Patellaria subsimilis [sic] (Nyl.) Müll.Arg., Bull. Herb. Boissier 2, App. 1: 67 (1894).

≡Bacidia subsimilans (Nyl.) Hellb., Bihang K. Sv. Vet.-Akad. Handl. 21 (3/13): 98 (1896).

=Bacidia viridis Zahlbr., Denkschr. Akad. Wiss. Wien math.-naturwiss. Kl. 104: 319 (1941).

Lecidea ceratina. Lectotype: New Zealand. Near Wellington, 84/74, J. Buchanan – GLAM [fide Galloway (1985a: 31)].

Lecidea concinnior. Type: New Zealand. Sine loco [probably Wellington], Charles Knight – M (not seen).

Lecidea praelucida. Type: New Zealand. Sine loco [probably Wellington], Charles Knight – M (not seen).

Bacidia eucoccodes. Holotype: New Zealand. Sine loco [probably Wellington], 5.v.79, Charles Knight – WELT, Herb Knight Vol. 47A, p. 4.

Bacidia anceps. Lectotype: New Zealand. Sine loco [probably Wellington], 16.v.79, Charles Knight – WELT, Herb. Knight Vol. 47A, p. 5 [fide Galloway (1985a: 31)].

Bacidia stenospora. Lectotype: New Zealand. Sine loco [probably Wellington], Charles Knight – BM [fide Galloway (1985a: 31)]. Isolectotype – WELT?

Bacidia carneorufa. Holotype: New Zealand. Sine loco [probably Wellington], Charles Knight – WELT, Herb Knight Vol. 47A, p. 16.

Bacidia rosellocarnea. Lectotype: New Zealand. Sine loco [probably Wellington], Charles Knight – WELT, Herb. Knight Vol. 47A, p. 18 [fide Galloway (1985a: 31)].

Bacidia nanospora. Lectotype: New Zealand. Sine loco [probably Wellington], 10.v.1879, Charles Knight – WELT, Herb. Knight Vol. 47A, p. 27 [fide Galloway (1985a: 31)].

Bacidia rhodocarpa. Lectotype. New Zealand. Sine loco [probably Wellington], Charles Knight – BM [fide Galloway (1985a: 31)]. Isolectotypes – WELT, Herb Knight, Vol. 47A, pp. 21–23.

Lecidea subrosella. Holotype: New Zealand. Sine loco [probably Wellington], 1867, Charles Knight"sub no. 103" – H-NYL 19757a.

Lecidea subrubella. Syntypes: New Zealand. Sine loco [probably Wellington], 1867, Charles Knight – H-NYL 17983, 17985 [several other NZ collections are in H-NYL. These are: (1) H-NYL 17979 "Bacidia carneorufa (Kn)", in a blue packet printed "Knight Lichenes Novae Zelandiae"; (2) H-NYL 17980 "Bacidia pannaroidea Kn.", 1882, C. Knight; (3) H-NYL 17981 "Lecidea (Bacidia) rimosa (Kn.) 1882", in a blue packet printed "Knight Lichenes Novae Zelandiae"; (4) H-NYL 17982 NZ, Greymouth, 1886, Helms; (5) H-NYL 17984 NZ, 1882, Knight – Dr Orvo Vitikainen, pers. comm.].

Lecidea arceutinoides. Syntypes: New Zealand. Otago, near Dunedin, x.1861, Dr Lauder Lindsay – H-NYL 17942a, 17942b.

Lecidea subsimilans. Holotype: New Zealand. Sine loco [probably Wellington], 1867, Charles Knight 356 – H-NYL sine numero.

Bacidia viridis. Lectotype: New Zealand. Auckland. Rangitoto I., on Griselinia littoralis, H.H. Allan Z78 – CHR 373616 [fide Galloway (1985a: 31)].

Description : Flora (1985: 30)

N: S: Throughout. On Cordyline, Griselinia, Hoheria and other trees, forming mosaics on smooth bark, delimited by a narrow, irregular prothallus, often among epiphytic mosses and ferns and often overgrowing these, lowland and coastal. Known also from Great Britain, Europe, Scandinavia (Vainio 1922: 175–176; Purvis et al. 1992; Nimis 1993; Santesson 1993; Llop & Hladun 2002; Nimis & Martellos 2003; Santesson et al. 2004).

Cosmopolitan

Illustrations : Knight (1880: pl. XII, fig. 14 – as Bacidia eucoccodes; fig. 17 – as Bacidia anceps; fig. 21 – as Bacidia stenospora; fig. 23 – as Bacidia rimosa; fig. 25 – as Bacidia rosellocarnea; tab. XIII, fig. 24 – as Bacidia carneorufa; Fig. 30 – as Bacidia nanospora; fig. 32 – as Bacidia rhodocarpa); Nylander (1888: tab. 1, fig. 4 – as Lecidea subsimilans); Boqueras (2000: 98, fig. 11 I); Dobson (2000: 71; 2005: 80).

Bacidia laurocerasi is characterised by: the corticolous habit; the pale greenish white or olivaceous, wrinkled-tuberculate, granular-verrucose or glebose thallus; sessile to subpedicellate, brown-black to red-brown apothecia; a massive yellow-brown hypothecium (200–350 μm thick); and filiform, acicular, 8–16-septate ascospores, 45–70(–90) × 1.5–3.5(–4) μm.

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