LIAS light – Item Descriptions
LIASlight ItemID: 1043
Caloplaca polycarpa (A. Massal.) Zahlbr.
| Characters[*]: | Character States[*]: |
|---|---|
| global occurrence: | Africa (incl Madagascar) | Eurasia – Asia Extratropical | Eurasia – Europe | Arctic |
| substrate: | lichens, lichenized fungi | rock – calcareous, calciferous, basic |
| life habit: | lichenized (mutualistic with algal photobionts) | lichenicolous (in/on lichens) |
| thallus: | crustose (crustaceous) – episubstratal – unspecified |
| [th] upper surface: | yellow(ish) (if dull: buff) |
| [th marginal and upper surface] specific structures: | absent |
| ascomata: | absent |
| secondary metabolites: | present |
| primary photobiont: | present |
| secondary photobionts (eg in cephalodia): | absent |
| primary photobiont: | chlorophytaceous – trebouxiaceous, chlorococcoid |