Platystomum alpinum Earle

• Region

  North America

• Country

  United States of America

• State/Province

  Colorado

• County/Municipio

  Montezuma Co.

• Locality

  Bob Creek

• Elevation

  Alt. 3200 m. (10499 ft.)

• Coordinates

  37.4662, -108.139

• Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

  1231.57

• Georeferencing Method

  Georeferencing Quick Reference Guide, Version 2012. Coordinates of midpoint were calculated by halving distance between ends of creek. Linear extent was calculated as dist. between coordinates and end of segment (1220 m). Uncertainty was determined using the MaNIS Georef. Calc.

• Geodetic Datum

  WGS84

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

Platystomum alpinum n. sp. (Lophidium Sacc.). Peri-
thecia widely scattered over considerable areas, becoming
subsuperficial, black, rough, hemispherical or slightly oval,
^ f xlrnm, ostiolum obscurely papillate, inconspicuous, slightly
elongated; asci cylindrical, short-stipitate, 140-160x12-14/*;
paraphyses numerous, filiform; ascospores obliquely mono-
f! stichous, broadly elliptical or ovate, brown becoming opake,
5-septate, sharply constricted at the middle, central cells
^ º with long longitudinal septa, 20-22x8-10/*.
^ º Dead bark less wood of Populus tremuloides, Bob Creek,
10,500 feet, June 27, n. 170. The asci and spores are much
í5 pQ as in Lophidium tnjidum E. & E., but the gross characters
are very different.
PLANTS OF SOUTHERN COLORADO
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HOLOTYPE OF:
Platystomum alpinum Tracy & Earle
Plantae Bakerianae 1: 32. 1901.
(one of two packets)
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PLANTS OF SOUTHERN COLORADO
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BHS '	1808
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HOLOTYPE OF:
Platystomum alpinum Tracy & Earle
Plantae Bakerianae 1:32. 1901.
(one of two packets)
BOTANICAL
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