LIAS light – Item Descriptions
LIASlight ItemID: 2006
Erioderma nilsonii P. M. Jørg. & Arv.
| Characters[*]: | Character States[*]: |
|---|---|
| global occurrence: | Americas – North America (incl Mexico) | Americas – South and Central America |
| substrate: | soil, clay, humus, turf, detritus, dead leaves |
| life habit: | lichenized (mutualistic with algal photobionts) |
| thallus: | foliose (foliaceous), leaf-like |
| [th] upper surface: | yellow(ish) brown |
| [th upper surface]: | epruinose |
| [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, squamules): | contiguous, coherent (throughout the thallus) |
| [th] morphol substructures (eg areoles, lobes, branches) upper surface: | verruculose, minutely warted | hairy, pilose, setose, hirsute, tomentose, pubescent, felt-like |
| [th] lower surface: | black(ish) | yellow(ish) (if dull: buff) |
| [th lower surface] specific structures: | absent | present |
| [th lower surface] rhizines, rhizoid structures: | present |
| ascomata: | absent |
| secondary metabolites: | present |
| secondary metabolites: | eriodermin |
| primary photobiont: | present |
| secondary photobionts (eg in cephalodia): | absent |
| primary photobiont: | cyanobacterial |