[ABL10452], Ecuador, Morona-Santiago Prov., Los Encuentros, 12 km E of Cordillera del Condor, prim. tropical rainforest, 1200 m. Leg. A. Aptroot (no 10452), 27.07.1982, det. A. Aptroot. HOLOTYPE Thallus dull, completely covered by bright orange pigment, not surrounded by a prothallus. Ascomata globose, immersed in low pseudostroma warts, in groups of 3–11. Pseudostromata orange pigmented on the surface, internally with a thick layer of bright scarlet pigment. Ostioles apical, mostly orange. Hamathecium not inspersed, IKI-. Ascospores 8/ascus, muriform, 38–42 × 18–21 μm, ellipsoid, without distinctly thickened median septum. Chemistry: Orange pigment K+ purple, UV+ red; bright scarlet internal pigment K+ purple (almost black). TLC: two anthraquinones.
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[ABL10452], Ecuador, Morona-Santiago Prov., Los Encuentros, 12 km E of Cordillera del Condor, prim. tropical rainforest, 1200 m. Leg. A. Aptroot (no 10452), 27.07.1982, det. A. Aptroot. HOLOTYPE Thallus dull, completely covered by bright orange pigment, not surrounded by a prothallus. Ascomata globose, immersed in low pseudostroma warts, in groups of 3–11. Pseudostromata orange pigmented on the surface, internally with a thick layer of bright scarlet pigment. Ostioles apical, mostly orange. Hamathecium not inspersed, IKI-. Ascospores 8/ascus, muriform, 38–42 × 18–21 μm, ellipsoid, without distinctly thickened median septum. Chemistry: Orange pigment K+ purple, UV+ red; bright scarlet internal pigment K+ purple (almost black). TLC: two anthraquinones.
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[ABL10452], Ecuador, Morona-Santiago Prov., Los Encuentros, 12 km E of Cordillera del Condor, prim. tropical rainforest, 1200 m. Leg. A. Aptroot (no 10452), 27.07.1982, det. A. Aptroot. HOLOTYPE Thallus dull, completely covered by bright orange pigment, not surrounded by a prothallus. Ascomata globose, immersed in low pseudostroma warts, in groups of 3–11. Pseudostromata orange pigmented on the surface, internally with a thick layer of bright scarlet pigment. Ostioles apical, mostly orange. Hamathecium not inspersed, IKI-. Ascospores 8/ascus, muriform, 38–42 × 18–21 μm, ellipsoid, without distinctly thickened median septum. Chemistry: Orange pigment K+ purple, UV+ red; bright scarlet internal pigment K+ purple (almost black). TLC: two anthraquinones.
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[ABL10452], Ecuador, Morona-Santiago Prov., Los Encuentros, 12 km E of Cordillera del Condor, prim. tropical rainforest, 1200 m. Leg. A. Aptroot (no 10452), 27.07.1982, det. A. Aptroot. HOLOTYPE Thallus dull, completely covered by bright orange pigment, not surrounded by a prothallus. Ascomata globose, immersed in low pseudostroma warts, in groups of 3–11. Pseudostromata orange pigmented on the surface, internally with a thick layer of bright scarlet pigment. Ostioles apical, mostly orange. Hamathecium not inspersed, IKI-. Ascospores 8/ascus, muriform, 38–42 × 18–21 μm, ellipsoid, without distinctly thickened median septum. Chemistry: Orange pigment K+ purple, UV+ red; bright scarlet internal pigment K+ purple (almost black). TLC: two anthraquinones.
Felix Schumm - CC BY SA 4.0
[ABL10452], Ecuador, Morona-Santiago Prov., Los Encuentros, 12 km E of Cordillera del Condor, prim. tropical rainforest, 1200 m. Leg. A. Aptroot (no 10452), 27.07.1982, det. A. Aptroot. HOLOTYPE Thallus dull, completely covered by bright orange pigment, not surrounded by a prothallus. Ascomata globose, immersed in low pseudostroma warts, in groups of 3–11. Pseudostromata orange pigmented on the surface, internally with a thick layer of bright scarlet pigment. Ostioles apical, mostly orange. Hamathecium not inspersed, IKI-. Ascospores 8/ascus, muriform, 38–42 × 18–21 μm, ellipsoid, without distinctly thickened median septum. Chemistry: Orange pigment K+ purple, UV+ red; bright scarlet internal pigment K+ purple (almost black). TLC: two anthraquinones.
