Rinodina griseosoralifera Coppins (1989: 169)

* Rinodina griseosoralifera Coppins (1989: 169) .

Characterized by a thallus composed of discrete whitish areoles which become sorediate and react K+ yellow (atranorin) and the large Pachysporaria - type ascospores up to 29.0 × 14.0 µm. The species was previously known from Europe [ Norway, British Isles, Austria ( Mayrhofer & Moberg 2002) and the Iberian Peninsula ( Giralt 2010)] and along the west coast of North America from Alaska to California ( Sheard 2010). As with R. flavosoralifera , the present specimens possess well-developed apothecia and ascospores.

Material examined: ― GUATEMALA. (A) Quezaltenango : S of Quezaltenango, S of Llano del Pinal, N slope of volcano Santa Maria, path among small agriculture fields with small forests, shrubs, trees and outcrops along path, on Sambucus , 2700 m, 14° 46.6' N, 91° 33.3' W, 23 July 2004, P. & B. van den Boom 32965, 32970 (hb. v.d. Boom) GoogleMaps .