WIS : Lichens
University of Wisconsin-Madison Herbarium, Lichens
Catalog #:
WIS-L-0126478
Taxon:
Byssoloma chlorinum (Vain.) Zahlbr.
Family: Pilocarpaceae
Family: Pilocarpaceae
Determiner: R. Lücking (1992-April-00)
Collector:
R. Lücking 92-1020
Date: 1992-04-00
Verbatim Date: 1992-4
Locality:
Costa Rica, Puntarenas, Cocos Island National Park, c. 540 km SW of Puntarenas in the NW Pacific Ocean in Wafer Bay
5.55 -87.066667
Verbatim Coordinates:
05° 33' N 87° 04' W
Verbatim Elevation:
0 m
Habitat:
exposed coastal vegetation, with anthropogenic influence, rrich in Hibiscus per-nambucensis, Annona glabra, Cocos nucifera and Citrus spp.; on leaves of Calophyllum brasiliense (Sapotaceae)
Occurrence Remarks:
Annot.: This taxon is often considered as a synonym of the morphologically highly variable Byssoloma leucoblepharum (Nyl.) Vain. [Lucking, R., Lichenes Foliicoli Exsiccati, Fasc. II, no. 30 (1993)], but in the present case and also in the following one, both forms have been found growing together on the same leaves and being well distinguished (Byssoloma leucoblepharum: thallus dark greyish green, smooth, apothecia light brown; Byssoloma chlorinum: thallus light green, farinose, often reduced, apothecia blackish brown to black).
Usage Rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Record Id: 2959fa87-af99-4ba7-8e05-d5c0238ae0c6
Occurrence ID (GUID):
c06655ee-b608-4e1c-9b63-e6699b20cb4c
For additional information on this occurrence, please contact:
Kenneth M. Cameron (kmcameron@wisc.edu)
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