LIAS light – Item Descriptions
LIASlight ItemID: 12244
Cladonia dendroides (Abbayes) Ahti
| Characters[*]: | Character States[*]: |
|---|---|
| global occurrence: | Americas – South and Central America |
| substrate: | soil, clay, humus, turf, detritus, dead leaves |
| life habit: | lichenized (mutualistic with algal photobionts) |
| thallus: | fruticose (fruticous), shrub-like, beard-like |
| [th] upper surface: | grey(ish) | brown(ish) grey |
| [th marginal and upper surface] specific structures: | absent |
| [th] morphol substructures (eg areoles, lobes, branches) width [mm]: | (min) 2.0 |
| [th] morphol substructures (eg areoles, lobes, branches) upper surface: | verruculose, minutely warted |
| [th] morphol substructures (eg lobes, branches): | isotomic-dichotomous |
| ascomata: | absent |
| conidiomata: | absent | present |
| secondary metabolites: | present |
| secondary metabolites: | atranorin | confumarprotocetraric acid | fumarprotocetraric acid | protocetraric acid | ursolic acid |
| primary photobiont: | present |
| secondary photobionts (eg in cephalodia): | absent |
| primary photobiont: | chlorophytaceous – trebouxiaceous, chlorococcoid |