Syncesia farinacea (Fée) Tehler

Ertz, Damien, Flakus, Adam, Oset, Magdalena, Sipman, Harrie J. M. & Kukwa, Martin, 2015, A first assessment of lichenized Arthoniales in Bolivia with descriptions of two new species, Phytotaxa 217 (1), pp. 1-25 : 19

* Syncesia farinacea (Fée) Tehler ( Fig. 3D )

This species has been recorded in the Neotropics from Brazil, Colombia, Galapagos Islands, Mexico, Panama, the West Indies, and Venezuela, and elsewhere from India (Tehler 1997; Joseph et al. 2013; Joshi et al. 2013; Ertz et al. 2015).

Specimens examined. BOLIVIA. Dept. Santa Cruz: Prov. Guarayos, RN de Vida Silvestre Ríos Blanco y Negro, Virgen de Pilar near Chonta, 15°38’54”S, 62°57’37”W, 229 m, lowland Amazon forest, corticolous, 22 July 2009, AF 13234.1 & PR (BR, KRAM, LPB).

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FIGURE 3. Morphological diversity of selected Arthoniales of Bolivia 2. A, Opegrapha astraea (Flakus 19231); B & C, Sagenidiopsis undulata (Flakus 20832): B, apothecia, C, prothallus; D, Syncesia farinacea (Flakus 13234.1); E, Tylophorella pyrenocarpoides (Kukwa 6466); F, Zwackhia bonplandii s.l. (Flakus 12636). Scales:A–F—1 mm.