LIAS light – Item Descriptions
LIASlight ItemID: 13931
Characters[*]: | Character States[*]: |
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global occurrence: | Oceania – Australasia | Antarctic – Southern Subpolar Islands, Subantarctic Islands |
substrate: | soil, clay, humus, turf, detritus, dead leaves |
life habit: | lichenized (mutualistic with algal photobionts) |
thallus: | foliose (foliaceous), leaf-like |
thallus: | continuous, diffuse, effuse |
[th] upper surface: | green(ish) | brown(ish) green (olivaceous, olive green) |
[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: | absent |
[th] morphol substructures (eg areoles, lobes, branches) width [mm]: | (low) 2.0 (high) 8.0 (max) 10.0 |
[th] morphol substructures (eg areoles, lobes, branches) upper surface: | smooth, plane |
[th] lower surface: | white(ish) | yellow(ish) white (ivory, off-white, cream-coloured) |
[th lower surface] specific structures: | present |
[th lower surface] rhizines, rhizoid structures: | present |
[th lower surface] rhizines, rhizinoid structures: | fasciculate |
ascomata: | absent |
secondary metabolites: | absent |
primary photobiont: | present |
secondary photobionts (eg in cephalodia): | present |
primary photobiont: | chlorophytaceous – trebouxiaceous, chlorococcoid |