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Taxon: Tephromela elixii Kalb
Family: Tephromelataceae

Collector: K. Kalb; A. Kalb   s.n.   

Date: 1989-08-16

Locality: Venezuela, Merida, Rangel, páramo between Laguna Mucubaji and Pico Mucuñuque, ca. 15 km SE of Apartaderos

8.75  -70.75

Elevation: 3500 meters (11480ft)

Habitat: horizontal surfaces, near the ground, periodically inundated or seepage areas of vertical rock faces; rock

Occurrence Remarks: Lichenes Neotropici #522- potentially this is the holotype as from herb. Kalb now in WIS; Thallus saxicolus, crustaceus, cremeus vel stramineus, sat crassus, areolatus, areolis convexis, singulis vel congregatis, 0,5 - 1 mm latis; prothallo nullo. Apothecia sessilia, 1 - 2,5 mm in diametro, basin versus constricta, disco primum plano, mox convexo, atro, nudo, margine thallino sat tenui et demum evanescenti, thallo concolore cincta. - Ascosporac oblongae vel late oblongae, 9 - 12 x 5,5 - 7//m. Pycnoconidia bacillaria, 8 - 9 x l^m. Species nova thallo disperso areolato, sporis oblongis parvisque et materiis chemicis satis distincta. Haec species dedicata est cl. Dri. Jack Elix, amico nostro et chemico famoso lichenologicoque. Holotypus: Herb. K. Kalb.

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Owner: University of Wisconsin - Madison (WIS)

Record Id: 49082d9c-52d6-46d6-b905-15f1ab73e174

Occurrence ID (GUID): 74eb1a4c-2bca-4acb-b5c6-39b652a4885e

For additional information on this occurrence, please contact: Kenneth M. Cameron (kmcameron@wisc.edu)