TYPE. CUBA. C. Wright s.n., s.d. (G, holotype).

Life form. Lichenized fungus  

Description. Thallus crustose, corticate, greenish-white, thin, continuous. Ascomata perithecia, solitary, abundantly scattered, black, 0.25-0.3 mm diam., subimmersed; ostioles apical. Hamathecium not inspersed, K/I-. Asci 8-spored, subuniseriate; ascospores brown, 4-celled, terminal lumina separated from the exospore wall by endospore thickening, 19-25 x 8-12 μm.

Chemistry. UV-; spot tests and secondary metabolites not reported.

Substrate and habitat. Corticolous.

Distribution. Pantropical; in North Carolina found in the Coastal Plain ecoregion.

Literature

Aptroot, A. (2012) A world key to the species of Anthracothecium and Pyrenula. The Lichenologist 44(1): 5-53.

Harris, R.C. (1995) More Florida Lichens. Including the 10¢ Tour of the Pyrenolichens. Published by the Author, Bronx, N.Y. 192 pp.

Müller, J. (1885). Pyrenocarpeae Cubenses a cl. C. Wright lectae. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 6: 375–421 (original description).