Astrothelium inspersaeneum E.L. Lima, Aptroot & M. Cáceres



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[Lima], Brazil, Pernambuco, Vale do Catimbao, on bark of tree, c. 900 m. Leg. E.L. Lima (no 395), 3.02.2012, det. A. Aptroot, 2013.
Thallus crustose, corticate, dull, orange, surrounded by a black prothallus line. Algae trentepohlioid. Ascomata pyriform, immersed in undifferentiated pseudostromata, 0.2–0.4 mm diam, only visible from above by a black ostiole, arranged in broad lines or branched groups. Hamathecium inspersed with hyaline oil droplets. Ascospores 8/ascus, hyaline, 3-septate, long ellipsoid, 20–25 × 8–10 μm, lumina diamondshaped. Pycnidia not observed. Chemistry. Thallus and pseudostromata UV–, C–, P–, K+ purple. TLC: anthraquinone.



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[Lima], Brazil, Pernambuco, Vale do Catimbao, on bark of tree, c. 900 m. Leg. E.L. Lima (no 395), 3.02.2012, det. A. Aptroot, 2013.
Thallus crustose, corticate, dull, orange, surrounded by a black prothallus line. Algae trentepohlioid. Ascomata pyriform, immersed in undifferentiated pseudostromata, 0.2–0.4 mm diam, only visible from above by a black ostiole, arranged in broad lines or branched groups. Hamathecium inspersed with hyaline oil droplets. Ascospores 8/ascus, hyaline, 3-septate, long ellipsoid, 20–25 × 8–10 μm, lumina diamondshaped. Pycnidia not observed. Chemistry. Thallus and pseudostromata UV–, C–, P–, K+ purple. TLC: anthraquinone.



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[Lima], Brazil, Pernambuco, Vale do Catimbao, on bark of tree, c. 900 m. Leg. E.L. Lima (no 395), 3.02.2012, det. A. Aptroot, 2013.
Thallus crustose, corticate, dull, orange, surrounded by a black prothallus line. Algae trentepohlioid. Ascomata pyriform, immersed in undifferentiated pseudostromata, 0.2–0.4 mm diam, only visible from above by a black ostiole, arranged in broad lines or branched groups. Hamathecium inspersed with hyaline oil droplets. Ascospores 8/ascus, hyaline, 3-septate, long ellipsoid, 20–25 × 8–10 μm, lumina diamondshaped. Pycnidia not observed. Chemistry. Thallus and pseudostromata UV–, C–, P–, K+ purple. TLC: anthraquinone.



Felix Schumm - CC BY SA 4.0
[Lima], Brazil, Pernambuco, Vale do Catimbao, on bark of tree, c. 900 m. Leg. E.L. Lima (no 395), 3.02.2012, det. A. Aptroot, 2013.
Thallus crustose, corticate, dull, orange, surrounded by a black prothallus line. Algae trentepohlioid. Ascomata pyriform, immersed in undifferentiated pseudostromata, 0.2–0.4 mm diam, only visible from above by a black ostiole, arranged in broad lines or branched groups. Hamathecium inspersed with hyaline oil droplets. Ascospores 8/ascus, hyaline, 3-septate, long ellipsoid, 20–25 × 8–10 μm, lumina diamondshaped. Pycnidia not observed. Chemistry. Thallus and pseudostromata UV–, C–, P–, K+ purple. TLC: anthraquinone.



Felix Schumm - CC BY SA 4.0
[Lima], Brazil, Pernambuco, Vale do Catimbao, on bark of tree, c. 900 m. Leg. E.L. Lima (no 395), 3.02.2012, det. A. Aptroot, 2013.
Thallus crustose, corticate, dull, orange, surrounded by a black prothallus line. Algae trentepohlioid. Ascomata pyriform, immersed in undifferentiated pseudostromata, 0.2–0.4 mm diam, only visible from above by a black ostiole, arranged in broad lines or branched groups. Hamathecium inspersed with hyaline oil droplets. Ascospores 8/ascus, hyaline, 3-septate, long ellipsoid, 20–25 × 8–10 μm, lumina diamondshaped. Pycnidia not observed. Chemistry. Thallus and pseudostromata UV–, C–, P–, K+ purple. TLC: anthraquinone.



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[Lima], Brazil, Pernambuco, Vale do Catimbao, on bark of tree, c. 900 m. Leg. E.L. Lima (no 395), 3.02.2012, det. A. Aptroot, 2013.
Thallus crustose, corticate, dull, orange, surrounded by a black prothallus line. Algae trentepohlioid. Ascomata pyriform, immersed in undifferentiated pseudostromata, 0.2–0.4 mm diam, only visible from above by a black ostiole, arranged in broad lines or branched groups. Hamathecium inspersed with hyaline oil droplets. Ascospores 8/ascus, hyaline, 3-septate, long ellipsoid, 20–25 × 8–10 μm, lumina diamondshaped. Pycnidia not observed. Chemistry. Thallus and pseudostromata UV–, C–, P–, K+ purple. TLC: anthraquinone.



Felix Schumm - CC BY SA 4.0
[Lima], Brazil, Pernambuco, Vale do Catimbao, on bark of tree, c. 900 m. Leg. E.L. Lima (no 395), 3.02.2012, det. A. Aptroot, 2013.
Thallus crustose, corticate, dull, orange, surrounded by a black prothallus line. Algae trentepohlioid. Ascomata pyriform, immersed in undifferentiated pseudostromata, 0.2–0.4 mm diam, only visible from above by a black ostiole, arranged in broad lines or branched groups. Hamathecium inspersed with hyaline oil droplets. Ascospores 8/ascus, hyaline, 3-septate, long ellipsoid, 20–25 × 8–10 μm, lumina diamondshaped. Pycnidia not observed. Chemistry. Thallus and pseudostromata UV–, C–, P–, K+ purple. TLC: anthraquinone.



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[ABL50213], Brazil, Sena Madureira, Reserva extratevista Cazumbá- Iracema, Núcleo Cazumbá, on tree bark in disturbed tropical rain forest. 09°07’ S, 68°57’ W, 150 m. Leg. A. Aptroot (no 50213), M. Cáceres & J. Cavalcante, 9.04.2019. Det. A. Aptroot. 2019



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[ABL50213], Brazil, Sena Madureira, Reserva extratevista Cazumbá- Iracema, Núcleo Cazumbá, on tree bark in disturbed tropical rain forest. 09°07’ S, 68°57’ W, 150 m. Leg. A. Aptroot (no 50213), M. Cáceres & J. Cavalcante, 9.04.2019. Det. A. Aptroot. 2019