Lepraria neglecta (Nyl.) Erichsen, 1957

Bajpai, Rajesh, Upreti, D. K. & Nayaka, Sanjeeva, 2018, The lichen genera Lepraria (Stereocaulaceae) and Leprocaulon (Leprocaulaceae) in India, Phytotaxa 356 (2), pp. 101-116 : 110

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.356.2.1

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scientific name

Lepraria neglecta (Nyl.) Erichsen
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18. Lepraria neglecta (Nyl.) Erichsen

According to Kukwa & Flakus (2009), thallus leprose, granular, margin delimited, obscure minute lobes present; medulla present, inconspicuous, white; hypothallus poorly developed, grey to brown; rarely small patches with exposed medulla present; soredia abundant, coarse, typically 100–150 μm diam.; projecting hyphae absent; consoredia frequent, upto 300 μm.

Chemistry: Alectorialic acid, roccellic/angardianic acid and rangiformic acid in traces. K− or + yellow, C− or + reddish orange, KC+ pink or reddish orange, Pd+ yellow to orange.

Ecology and Distribution: This species widely growing over rock, mosses and some time on soil. Previously this species reported from Australia, Brazil, Great Britain, Greenland, New Zealand, Antarctica, North America.

Singh & Sinha (2010) listed this species from Western Himalaya in India.

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