WIS : Lichens
University of Wisconsin-Madison Herbarium, Lichens
Catalog #:
WIS-L-0120923
Taxon:
Anzia afromontana R. Sant.
Family: Parmeliaceae
Family: Parmeliaceae
Determiner: R. Santesson (1990)
ID Remarks:
date very approximate
Type Status:
Isotype
Collector:
Rolf Santesson 22949
Date: 1971-01-07
Locality:
Tanzania, United Republic of, Arusha, Mt Meru, E slope, c. 2 km N of Kitoto Camp.
-3.21667 36.78333
Verbatim Coordinates:
3°13'S, 36°47'E
Elevation:
2450 meters
Verbatim Elevation:
2450 m
Habitat:
in a high and rather dense ericaceous bush land (montane forest belt).; On Stoebe kilimandscharica
Occurrence Remarks:
Anziae americanae Yoshimura & Sharp similis sed thallus soraliis laminalibus primo punctiformibus postremo vesicu-lariformibus instructus. Thallus corticolous, loosely adnate, up to 6 cm broad, dicho-tomously branched, pale grey. Lobes narrow, linear, 0.5 - 1.5 mm broad. Soralia starting as small white points on the upper side of distal lobes, penetrating the cortex and finally forming urn-shaped structures with a sorediate inner surface. Lower side of the lobes with a brownish black to black, thick spongy cushion up to 1 mm. The spongy tissue formed by a loose reticulum of brown, 10-12 um thick hyphae. A central chondroi-dal nerve immersed in the medulla. Apothecia not seen. Chemistry: atranorin and divaricatic acid.
Usage Rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Record Id: 1961bce2-7c17-4dab-9562-4e9a3e3df80b
Occurrence ID (GUID):
671918f8-d8cf-4ed4-ac56-5e4fb4eca663
For additional information on this occurrence, please contact:
Kenneth M. Cameron (kmcameron@wisc.edu)
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