Source: Ramos D, Hollinger J, Bungartz F. Two new species of Placomaronea (Candelariaceae: lichenized Ascomycota) in Peru, with a revision of secondary chemistry and cortical anatomy of Placomaronea, Candelina and Candelariella. The Lichenologist. 2025;57(2):61-81. doi:10.1017/S0024282925000040 - CC-BY-NC-SA
Candelariella kansuensis (C. M. Wetmore 55470 (ASUL011864)). A, overview of inflated, waxy thallus squamules. B, detail of squamules with few sessile, adnate apothecia. C, hand-cut section of the thallus, showing thick paraplectenchymatous layer of cortical cells, capped by swollen, hooded cells ‘peppered’ by pigment granules, covered by a thick hyaline, distinctly layered coating that apically erodes into minute, hyaline granules. D, close-up of the swollen, apical cells capped by yellow pigment hoods ‘peppered’ by pigment granules, covered in hyaline coating. Scales: A = 5 mm; B = 2 mm; C & D = 50 μm.
