Table 3 in A new species and four new records of Bacidia (Lecanorales, Ramalinaceae) from South Korea, with a key to Korean species

Table 3. Comparison of the new species with close species in the genus Bacidia.
SpeciesBacidia fuscopallidaBacidia diffractaBacidia hostheleoidesBacidia polychroaBacidia purpuransThallus growth formwarted, rarely granularfinely granularwrinkled or granular to subsquamulosefinely wrinkled to warted, sometimes areolateareolateThallus colourolivish-greenpale grey, green-grey, yellow-grey to greypale grey to pale green-greywhite to grey or yellow-greypale grey-green to dark greenProthalluswhite-grey around margin, endosubstratalwhite-pale grey between granules, endosubstratalabsent-white, arachnoidApothecia (mm in diam.)0.1-0.70.5-1.10.5-0.80.4-1.2-Disc colourpale yellow to pale orange (young); more blackish (old)brown-orange to dark brownbrown-orangebrown-orange to dark browndark purple-brown to brownPruinaabsentwhiteabsentwhiteabsentCrystals in proper excipleabsentradiating clusters of minute crystalsabsentwith or without radiating clusters of minute crystalsabsentCrystals in hymeniumsmall crystals at bottom---absentEpihymenium colourcolourless with pale yellow-brown pigmentcolourless with pale orange-brown pigmentvery pale orangecolourless with brown-orange pigmentgreyishHymenium height (μm)70-10070-100ca. 6055-100ca. 100Hypothecium colourpale orange-brown to brownpale brown to orange-brownvery pale orangebrown-orange to dark brownorange-brownHypothecium height (μm)70-130---ca. 60Ascospore (μm)24-69 × 2-3.532-69 × 1.9-4.116-25 × 2.9-531-74 × 1.9-550-75 × 2-4Ascospore L/W ratio4-319-274-97-30-Ascospore septation3-153-113-52-153-15Pycnidia (μm)55-7515050-100100-170150-200Pycnoconidia6-17 × 0.3-0.510-15 × 0.5-0.6①10-14 × 0.5 ②6-9 × 1.6-210-17 × 0.6-0.820-25 × 0.8Substanceabsentatranorin, (trace of zeorin)absent(trace of atranorin)atranorinReferencethis studyEkman (1996)Ekman (1996)Ekman (1996); Smith et al. (2009)Lendemer et al. (2016)
The morphological and chemical characteristics of several species close to the new species are referenced from the previous literature. All information on the new species is produced from type specimens (KBA-L-0001010, KBA-L-0001011 and KBA-L-0001049) in this study.