LIAS light – Item Descriptions
LIASlight ItemID: 11979
Heterodermia neglecta Lendemer, R. C. Harris & E. Tripp
| Characters[*]: | Character States[*]: |
|---|---|
| global occurrence: | Eurasia – Asia Extratropical | Oceania – Australasia | Americas – North America (incl Mexico) |
| substrate: | bark, cork, plant surface – trunks, branches, twigs | rock – siliceous, siliciferous, acidic |
| life habit: | lichenized (mutualistic with algal photobionts) |
| thallus: | foliose (foliaceous), leaf-like |
| [th] upper surface: | grey(ish) | blue(ish) grey | green(ish) blue |
| [th upper surface]: | epruinose | pruinose |
| [th marginal and upper surface] specific structures: | present |
| [th margin] cilia, cilioid structures: | absent |
| [th upper surface] isidia, isidioid structures: | absent |
| [th upper surface] soredia, soralia, soralioid structures: | present |
| [th] morphol substructures (eg areoles, lobes, branches) upper surface: | smooth, plane | uneven, undulate |
| [th] lower surface: | black(ish) | brown(ish) (if pale: fawn, tan; if mid: cinnamon) | white(ish) |
| [th lower surface] specific structures: | present |
| [th lower surface] rhizines, rhizoid structures: | present |
| [th lower surface] rhizines, rhizinoid structures: | squarrosely branched, squarrose |
| ascomata: | absent |
| secondary metabolites: | present |
| secondary metabolites: | atranorin | connorstictic acid | leucotylin | norstictic acid | salazinic acid | zeorin (hopane-6α,22-diol) | 2-chloroemodin |
| primary photobiont: | present |
| secondary photobionts (eg in cephalodia): | absent |
| primary photobiont: | chlorophytaceous – trebouxiaceous, chlorococcoid |