Lepraria yunnaniana (Hue) Zahlbr.
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/527187F7-C726-1C6F-2E92-3ED22AA6FE2D |
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Felipe |
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Lepraria yunnaniana (Hue) Zahlbr. |
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20. Lepraria yunnaniana (Hue) Zahlbr.
Thallus leprose, grey whitish, cottony; hypothallus black, thick; with powdery soredia; margin delimited; lobes absent, rarely indistinct; medulla rarely present, white; hypothallus exposed between soredia; soredia scattered, fine, 30–70 μm diam.; projecting hyphae small, rarely present; consoredia often present, 75–125 μm.
Chemistry: Divaricatic acid and nordivaricatic acid (trace). K−, C− or + pinkish, KC+pink, Pd−.
Ecology and Distribution: The species found growing over bark and mosses; and commonly found in South America, China, Africa, Australia. In India Singh & Sinha (2010), reported this species from Tamilnadu and Uttarakhand.
Upreti et al. (2003), reported earlier this species as L. nigrocincta from Tamilnadu and Uttarakhand.
Specimens examined: TAMILNADU: Madurai district, Shola near 9 th mile Kodai Canal Berijam road, alt 2500 m, on bark over mosses, Awasth DD & Foreau G 02-12-1959, 59-04211, UTTARAKHAND: Bagheshwar district , enroute to Khati to Dwali, on soil, 11-05-2007, Joshi S & Joshi Y 07-015739 ; Pithorgarh district, Lori forest area, alt 1600 m on bark, Pande HC, 16-09-1999, 09-065585 .
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