TYPE. “Habitat in corticibus. E Sierra Leona Africae.” (Acharius 1803).
Life form. Lichenized fungus
Description.Thallus crustose, corticate, greenish, continuous. Ascomata perithecia, solitary; ostioles apical, erect. Hamathecium inspersed. Asci 8-spored, uniseriate; ascospores brown, 4-celled, terminal lumina separated from the exospore wall by endospore thickening, 15.5-21 x 4.5-5 μm.
Chemistry. Not reported.
Substrate and habitat. Corticolous.
Distribution. Pantropical; in North Carolina found in the Coastal Plain ecoregion.
Literature
Acharius, E. 1803. Methodus qua Omnes Detectos Lichenes Secundum Organa Carpomorpha ad Genera, Species et Varietates Redigere atque Observationibus Illustrare Tentavit Erik Acharius. Pp. 1-394 (original description as Verrucaria mamillana).
Aptroot, A. (2012) A world key to the species of Anthracothecium and Pyrenula. The Lichenologist44(1): 5-53.
Harris, R.C. (1995) More Florida Lichens. Including the 10¢ Tour of the Pyrenolichens. Published by the Author, Bronx, N.Y. 192 pp.