LIAS light – Item Descriptions
LIASlight ItemID: 15489
Sticta oroborealis Goward & Tønsberg
| Characters[*]: | Character States[*]: |
|---|---|
| global occurrence: | Americas – North America (incl Mexico) |
| substrate: | bark, cork, plant surface – trunks, branches, twigs |
| life habit: | lichenized (mutualistic with algal photobionts) |
| thallus: | foliose (foliaceous), leaf-like | fruticose (fruticous), shrub-like, beard-like |
| [th] upper surface: | grey(ish) | green(ish) | white(ish) | blue(ish) grey |
| [th marginal and upper surface] specific structures: | absent | present |
| [th margin] cilia, cilioid structures: | absent |
| [th upper surface] isidia, isidioid structures: | absent | present |
| [th upper surface] soredia, soralia, soralioid structures: | absent |
| [th] morphol substructures (eg areoles, lobes, branches) width [mm]: | (low) 0.2 (high) 0.4 (max) 2.0 |
| [th] morphol substructures (eg areoles, lobes, branches) upper surface: | smooth, plane | hairy, pilose, setose, hirsute, tomentose, pubescent, felt-like |
| [th] lower surface: | 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: | unbranched, simple | fasciculate |
| ascomata: | absent |
| secondary metabolites: | absent |
| primary photobiont: | present |
| secondary photobionts (eg in cephalodia): | absent | present |
| primary photobiont: | cyanobacterial | chlorophytaceous – trebouxiaceous, chlorococcoid |