Skip to main content
Fig. 8 | IMA Fungus

Fig. 8

From: Quantitative integrative taxonomy informs species delimitation in Teloschistaceae (lichenized Ascomycota): the genus Wetmoreana as a case study

Fig. 8

A–G Wetmoreana circumlobata (holotype, A young placoidioid thallus, B mature thallus bullate in the centre, C, D sections of thallus showing calcium oxalate crystals below algal layer prominent in polarized light (D), E section of apothecium showing distinctly prosoplectenchymatous parathecium, F ascus with spores, G conidia). HP W. rubra [H sublobate thallus, I erumpent apothecia (holotype), JK section of thallus showing thick necral layer on upper cortex and medulla filled with CaOx crystals prominent in polarized light (K. Wilk 3294, KRAM), L section of apothecium showing prosoplectenchymatous parathecium, M section of apothecium showing CaOx crystals in cortex and parathecium (holotype), N ascus with spores, O ascospores constricted in the middle (K. Wilk 3294, KRAM), P conidia (holotype)]. Scale in A, B, H = 2 mm, in I = 1 mm, in C, D, E, J, K, L, M = 100 µm, in F, N = 20 µm, in G, O, P = 10 µm

Back to article page