Buellia aethalea (Ach.) Th. Fr. (1874: 604)

Giralt, Mireia, Van Den Boom, Pieter P. G., Mayrhofer, Helmut & Elix, John A., 2014, Three new species of crustose Physciaceae from Guatemala, with notes on some additional species, Phytotaxa 164 (2), pp. 79-90 : 86

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https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.164.2.2

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Buellia aethalea (Ach.) Th. Fr. (1874: 604)
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* Buellia aethalea (Ach.) Th. Fr. (1874: 604) .

Characterized by the areolate, whitish to greyish thallus reacting K+ yellow then red (norstictic acid), the amyloid medulla (I+ violet), the cryptolecanorine apothecia, with an olivaceous to aeruginose (N + red-violet) proper exciple and epihymenium and a pale brown hypothecium and the Buellia- type ascospores, 10.0–18.0 × 7.0–11.0 µm, constricted at septum and rugulate. A silicicolous species widely distributed around the world ( Elix 2011).

Material examined: ― GUATEMALA. (A) Quezaltenango: NW of Quezaltenango, NNW of San Marcos, along trail from San Sebastian to top of volcano Tajumulco, on ENE slope, above the small village El Rodeo, shrubs and outcrops in open field, sloping rock, 3150 m, 15° 2.9' N, 91° 51.3' W, 25 July 2004, P. & B. van den Boom 33079a (hb. v.d. Boom).

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