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Guide to Aneumastus tusculus

(Ehrenb.) D.G.Mann and Stickle in Round, R.M.Crawford and D.G.Mann 1990

Aneumastus Tusculus Guide
Credit: Loren Bahls
  1. Striae 11-12 in 10 µm
  2. Apices subcapitate
  3. Areolae irregularly spaced and dash-like
  4. Areolae 8-10 in 10 µm

Vales are wide and linear-elliptic, with abruptly protracted subcapitate apices. Striae number 11-12 in 10 µm and areolae number 8-10 in 10 µm. The areolae are irregularly spaced and dash-like, loosely arranged in wavy longitudinal rows.