TYPE. “Chile, Corral, an altem Holz, leg. Stockert (hb. W)” Nadvornik (1942). CHILE. Corral, on old wood, Stockert s.n. (W, holotype; BRA, isotype)

Life form. Lichenized fungus.

Thallus crustose, granular-sorediate, grayish; granules 0.04-0.15 mm daim., ecorticate. Photobiont trebouxioid alga. Ascomata stalked apothecia, 1.0-1.5 mm tall; stalk 0.04-0.11 mm thick; stalk and capitulum gray pruinose. Capitulum spherical, 0.25-0.4 mm diam. Exciple poorly developed, surrounding the base of the capitulum and extending to form the stalk. Asci variable, without a stipe, 8-spored, uni- or biseriate, 14-19 x 2-3 μm; ascospores 1-celled, globose, 3.2-4.5 μm, smooth or with regular fissures.

Chemistry. Thallus PD+ yellowish; barbatic and obtusatic acids.

Substrate and Habitat. On bark and wood in humid forests.

Distribution. Africa, Europe and North and South America; in North Carolina found in the Blue Ridge ecoregion.

Literature

Holien, H. (2001) Additions to the Norwegian flora of lichens and lichenicolous fungi II - with some further distributional notes on Norwegian Caliciales. Graphis Scripta 12(2): 51-58.

Nadvornik, J. (1942) Beiträge zur Kenntnis der ausseroeuropäischen coniocarpen Flechten. Annales Mycologici 40: 133-139 (original description).

Tibell, L. (1998) Crustose maxaediate lichens and the Mycocaliciaceae in temperate South America. Bibliotheca Lichenologica 71: 1-107.

Tibell, L., A.N. Titov & E. Lisicka. (2003) Calicioid lichens and fungi described by J. Nadvornik. Mycotaxon 87(2): 3-24.