Varicellaria philippina (Vain.) Schmitt & Lumbsch

Schmitt, Imke, Otte, Juergen, Parnmen, Sittiporn, Sadowska-Des, Anna D., Luecking, Robert & Lumbsch, H. Thorsten, 2012, A new circumscription of the genus Varicellaria (Pertusariales, Ascomycota), MycoKeys 4, pp. 23-36 : 27

Varicellaria philippina (Vain.) Schmitt & Lumbsch comb. nov.

Basionym.

Pertusaria philippina Vain. Philipp. J. Sci., C, Bot. 8: 131. 1913. Type. Philippines, Mindanao, Lanao, Castra Keithley at Lake Lanao, 1907, Clemens 1302 (holotype TUR-V 6391!).

This species is only known from the Philippines ( Wainio 1913) and Papua New Guinea ( Elix et al. 1997). We could not generate molecular data since no fresh material was available. Morphologically and chemically the species agrees with Pertusaria velata (Fig. 2), but differs in having 2-spored asci.