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Tephromela lirellina
Nomenclature
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Family: TephromelataceaeGenus: Tephromela
Species:
Tephromela lirellina
SUMMARY
Tephromela lirellina (Darb.) Fryday
Lichenologist 43: 233. 2011
Basionym: Aspicilia lirellina Darb., Wiss. Ergebn. Schwed. Südpolar-Exped. 4(11): 10. 1912.
Synonym: Lecanora atra var. lirellina (Darb.) Zahlbr., Kongl. Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, Stockholm 57: 32–33.
Description:
Distribution:
The type and one other collection from the Falkland Island.
Notes:
This species has the purple hymenium typical of Tephromela, but the paraphyses have blue-black pigmented caps. Macroscopically, it is distinguished by the thick thallus with innate, elongate apothecia.