LIAS light – Item Descriptions
LIASlight ItemID: 14664
Parmotrema hyperlaciniatulum Benatti, Marcelli & Elix
| Characters[*]: | Character States[*]: |
|---|---|
| global occurrence: | Americas – South and Central America |
| substrate: | bark, cork, plant surface – trunks, branches, twigs |
| life habit: | lichenized (mutualistic with algal photobionts) |
| thallus: | foliose (foliaceous), leaf-like |
| [th] upper surface: | grey(ish) | grey(ish) green |
| [th upper surface]: | epruinose |
| [th marginal and upper surface] specific structures: | present |
| [th margin] cilia, cilioid structures: | present |
| [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) 1.5 (high) 4.0 (max) 5.0 |
| [th] morphol substructures (eg areoles, lobes, branches) upper surface: | verrucose, warted | maculate | rugulose, finely wrinkled |
| [th] lower surface: | black(ish) |
| [th lower surface] specific structures: | present |
| [th lower surface] rhizines, rhizoid structures: | present |
| [th lower surface] rhizines, rhizinoid structures: | unbranched, simple |
| ascomata: | absent | present |
| ascoma: | apothecial, apothecioid – hymenial |
| ascoma [mm]: | (low) 0.3 (high) 9.2 |
| [ascm, if apoth] disc, mazaedium: | concave |
| [ascm, if apoth] disc, mazaedium: | brown(ish) (if pale: fawn, tan; if mid: cinnamon) |
| [ascm, if apoth] disc, mazaedium: | epruinose |
| [ascm] paraphyses/-oids: | present |
| asci: | lecanoralean |
| [asc] tholus: | thickened |
| [asc] tholus amyloidity (iodine reaction): | present |
| [asc] tholus amyloidity pattern: | amyloid with widening axial body towards the apex (= Lecanora-, Parmelia-, Rinodina-types etc) |
| ascospores: | (median) 8.0 |
| [asp] shape: | ellipsoidal |
| [asp] length [µm]: | (min) 22.5 (low) 24.5 (high) 38.0 (max) 40.0 |
| [asp] width [µm]: | (low) 14.0 (high) 21.5 |
| [asp] septa: | absent – spore lumen unilocular, monolocular |
| [asp] pigmentation: | hyaline, colourless |
| [asp] perispore, epispore: | thick, distincly halonate |
| conidiomata: | absent | present |
| conidia: | unciform |
| [co] length [µm]: | (low) 4.0 (high) 5.0 |
| secondary metabolites: | present |
| secondary metabolites: | β-alectoronic acid | α-collatolic acid | alectoronic acid | atranorin | chloroatranorin | dehydroalectoronic acid | methyl pseudoalectoronate | β-collatolic acid | dehydrocollatolic acid | methyl pseudo-α-collatolate |
| primary photobiont: | present |
| secondary photobionts (eg in cephalodia): | absent |
| primary photobiont: | chlorophytaceous – trebouxiaceous, chlorococcoid |