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Lepra colorata (D.D. Awasthi & Preeti Srivast.)
Family :
Pertusariaceae
Q. Ren, Mycosystema 38(11): 1845 (2019)
Previously : Pertusaria colorata D. D. Awasthi and P. Srivast.
D.D. Awasthi & Preeti Srivast., Bryologist 96(2): 210 (1993)
ID :
BU/BRL/2022/020
Thallus :
Corticolous, crustose, yellowish-gray to darker, mat, scarcely shiny, smooth to rugose-plicate and cracked, 66-150(-300)mm thick, ochraceous to ochraceous-red, plane to convex, soredia granular
Lobes :
Upper Side:
Isidia :
Densely sorediate, margin red-brown, soralia round, dispersed, 0.5-1(-2) mm diam., 0.1-0.7 mm tall
Lower Side :
Medulla :
Ochraceous in upper part
Apothecia absent
Apothecia :
Ascospores :
Thallus (medulla) and soralia K+ red, C-, KC-, P+ yellow, UV-, norstictic acid present (TLC)
Chemistry :
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