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Mycoblastus caesius
Nomenclature
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Family: MycoblastaceaeGenus: Mycoblastus
Species:
Mycoblastus caesius
SUMMARY
Thallus effuse and wide-spreading, or forming small, poorly delimited patches amongst other species, thin, ± continuous, pale grey and rather scabrid or (especially on smooth bark) with scattered areoles on a dark, thin, blue-grey prothallus. Soralia usually numerous, efflorescent, discrete, 0.2-1 mm diam., or often confluent, pale yellowish-green to blueish grey; soredia 30-80 (-100) µm diam., external hyphae often blue-grey, N+ red. Photobiont chlorococcoid.
Anamorph: unknown.
Teleomorph: unknown.
Chemistry: thallus, medulla and soralia C–, K–, KC–, Pd–, UV+ white (perlatolic acid).