Kantvilas G. & Vězda A.
(2000):
Studies on the lichen family Thelotremataceae in Tasmania. The genus Chroodiscus and its relatives,
Lichenologist,
32(4): 325-357
The Tasmanian species of the family Thelotremataceae with thin-walled
ascospores and exfoliating, chroodiscoid apothecia are studied in detail. Problems in
the delimitation of genera are discussed, and characters such as the morphology of
the apothecia, structure and form of the exciple, presence of periphyses, ascus
structure, ascospore morphology and thallus chemistry are evaluated. The concept
of the typically foliicolous genus Chroodiscus (Müll. Arg.) Müll. Arg. is expanded to
include …
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