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Peltula euploca
Nomenclature
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Family: PeltulaceaeGenus: Peltula
Species:
Peltula euploca
SUMMARY
Thallus to 12 mm diam., scattered to confluent, peltate with revolute and sometimes ± lobulate margins, olive-brown, not pruinose, attached to the substratum with a central stem; sometimes sorediate, the soralia bluish grey, marginal, occasionally laminal to submarginal; upper cortex poorly differentiated but with a distinct epinecral layer; photobiont layer well-differentiated; medulla with cavities (air pockets); lower cortex present.
Apothecia often absent but numerous when present, the discs punctiform. Asci clavate, 32- to ca 100-spored. Ascospores ellipsoidal, 6–8 × 3–5 µm, colourless, aseptate.