Astrothelium coccineum Córd.-Cháv., Aptroot & M. Cáceres



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[Cordova476], Mexico, Veracruz, La Cortadure, Coatepec, on tree bark. Leg. O. Cordova-Chávez (no 476), 2013, det. A. Aptroot, 2013. PARATYPE.
Thallus corticate, olive-brown, verrucose-bullate. Ascomata with apical ostioles, distinctly pseudostromatic; pseudostromata 0.7–1.5 mm diam., erumpent to prominent, rounded to irregilar, covered by dark red pigment except for the blackish ostioles, internally with yellow pigment. Hamathecium clear. Ascospores 8/ascus, 3-septate, hyaline, 25– 30 × 10–13 μm, IKI-. Chemistry: thallus UV-, K-; pseudostromata UV-, outside K+ purple, inside K+ crimson red. TLC: a red (Rf 7) and a yellow (Rf 2) anthraquinone.



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[Cordova476], Mexico, Veracruz, La Cortadure, Coatepec, on tree bark. Leg. O. Cordova-Chávez (no 476), 2013, det. A. Aptroot, 2013. PARATYPE.
Thallus corticate, olive-brown, verrucose-bullate. Ascomata with apical ostioles, distinctly pseudostromatic; pseudostromata 0.7–1.5 mm diam., erumpent to prominent, rounded to irregilar, covered by dark red pigment except for the blackish ostioles, internally with yellow pigment. Hamathecium clear. Ascospores 8/ascus, 3-septate, hyaline, 25– 30 × 10–13 μm, IKI-. Chemistry: thallus UV-, K-; pseudostromata UV-, outside K+ purple, inside K+ crimson red. TLC: a red (Rf 7) and a yellow (Rf 2) anthraquinone.



Felix Schumm - CC BY-SA 4.0
[Cordova476], Mexico, Veracruz, La Cortadure, Coatepec, on tree bark. Leg. O. Cordova-Chávez (no 476), 2013, det. A. Aptroot, 2013. PARATYPE.
Thallus corticate, olive-brown, verrucose-bullate. Ascomata with apical ostioles, distinctly pseudostromatic; pseudostromata 0.7–1.5 mm diam., erumpent to prominent, rounded to irregilar, covered by dark red pigment except for the blackish ostioles, internally with yellow pigment. Hamathecium clear. Ascospores 8/ascus, 3-septate, hyaline, 25– 30 × 10–13 μm, IKI-. Chemistry: thallus UV-, K-; pseudostromata UV-, outside K+ purple, inside K+ crimson red. TLC: a red (Rf 7) and a yellow (Rf 2) anthraquinone.



Felix Schumm - CC BY-SA 4.0
[Cordova476], Mexico, Veracruz, La Cortadure, Coatepec, on tree bark. Leg. O. Cordova-Chávez (no 476), 2013, det. A. Aptroot, 2013. PARATYPE.
Thallus corticate, olive-brown, verrucose-bullate. Ascomata with apical ostioles, distinctly pseudostromatic; pseudostromata 0.7–1.5 mm diam., erumpent to prominent, rounded to irregilar, covered by dark red pigment except for the blackish ostioles, internally with yellow pigment. Hamathecium clear. Ascospores 8/ascus, 3-septate, hyaline, 25– 30 × 10–13 μm, IKI-. Chemistry: thallus UV-, K-; pseudostromata UV-, outside K+ purple, inside K+ crimson red. TLC: a red (Rf 7) and a yellow (Rf 2) anthraquinone.



Felix Schumm - CC BY-SA 4.0
[Cordova476], Mexico, Veracruz, La Cortadure, Coatepec, on tree bark. Leg. O. Cordova-Chávez (no 476), 2013, det. A. Aptroot, 2013. PARATYPE.
Thallus corticate, olive-brown, verrucose-bullate. Ascomata with apical ostioles, distinctly pseudostromatic; pseudostromata 0.7–1.5 mm diam., erumpent to prominent, rounded to irregilar, covered by dark red pigment except for the blackish ostioles, internally with yellow pigment. Hamathecium clear. Ascospores 8/ascus, 3-septate, hyaline, 25– 30 × 10–13 μm, IKI-. Chemistry: thallus UV-, K-; pseudostromata UV-, outside K+ purple, inside K+ crimson red. TLC: a red (Rf 7) and a yellow (Rf 2) anthraquinone.



Felix Schumm - CC BY-SA 4.0
[Cordova476], Mexico, Veracruz, La Cortadure, Coatepec, on tree bark. Leg. O. Cordova-Chávez (no 476), 2013, det. A. Aptroot, 2013. PARATYPE.
Thallus corticate, olive-brown, verrucose-bullate. Ascomata with apical ostioles, distinctly pseudostromatic; pseudostromata 0.7–1.5 mm diam., erumpent to prominent, rounded to irregilar, covered by dark red pigment except for the blackish ostioles, internally with yellow pigment. Hamathecium clear. Ascospores 8/ascus, 3-septate, hyaline, 25– 30 × 10–13 μm, IKI-. Chemistry: thallus UV-, K-; pseudostromata UV-, outside K+ purple, inside K+ crimson red. TLC: a red (Rf 7) and a yellow (Rf 2) anthraquinone.



Felix Schumm - CC BY-SA 4.0
[Cordova476], Mexico, Veracruz, La Cortadure, Coatepec, on tree bark. Leg. O. Cordova-Chávez (no 476), 2013, det. A. Aptroot, 2013. PARATYPE.
Thallus corticate, olive-brown, verrucose-bullate. Ascomata with apical ostioles, distinctly pseudostromatic; pseudostromata 0.7–1.5 mm diam., erumpent to prominent, rounded to irregilar, covered by dark red pigment except for the blackish ostioles, internally with yellow pigment. Hamathecium clear. Ascospores 8/ascus, 3-septate, hyaline, 25– 30 × 10–13 μm, IKI-. Chemistry: thallus UV-, K-; pseudostromata UV-, outside K+ purple, inside K+ crimson red. TLC: a red (Rf 7) and a yellow (Rf 2) anthraquinone.



Felix Schumm - CC BY-SA 4.0
[Cordova476], Mexico, Veracruz, La Cortadure, Coatepec, on tree bark. Leg. O. Cordova-Chávez (no 476), 2013, det. A. Aptroot, 2013. PARATYPE.
Thallus corticate, olive-brown, verrucose-bullate. Ascomata with apical ostioles, distinctly pseudostromatic; pseudostromata 0.7–1.5 mm diam., erumpent to prominent, rounded to irregilar, covered by dark red pigment except for the blackish ostioles, internally with yellow pigment. Hamathecium clear. Ascospores 8/ascus, 3-septate, hyaline, 25– 30 × 10–13 μm, IKI-. Chemistry: thallus UV-, K-; pseudostromata UV-, outside K+ purple, inside K+ crimson red. TLC: a red (Rf 7) and a yellow (Rf 2) anthraquinone.