Candelariella viae-lacteae G.Thor & V.Wirth. Stuttgarter Beitr. Naturk., A,445: 2. 1990.

Westberg, Martin & Clerc, Philippe, 2012, Five species of Candelaria and Candelariella (Ascomycota, Candelariales) new to Switzerland, MycoKeys 3, pp. 1-12 : 5

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scientific name	Candelariella viae-lacteae G.Thor & V.Wirth. Stuttgarter Beitr. Naturk., A,445: 2. 1990.
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Holotype.

HUNGARY, Bács-Kiskun Prov.: Kecskemét area, Fülöphaza (20 km W of Kecskemét), alt. c. 150 m. 1987, G. Thor 7015 (S!, isotypes STU, VBI).

Candelariella viae-lacteae is characterized by its grey thallus, uniformly composed of sphaerical granules ( Thor and Wirth 1990). Previous collections of this species from Switzerland have turned out to belong to other species, mostly Candelariella antennaria , another species with a grey thallus. However, a recent find of Candelariella viae-lacteae was made on mosses on a stem base of Fraxinus excelsior .

Specimens examined.

Solothurn: Messen, alt. 500 m., 15 June 1998, Zimmermann (herb. E. Zimmerman).