LIAS light – Item Descriptions
LIASlight ItemID: 3542
Lethariella canariensis (Ach.) Krog
| Characters[*]: | Character States[*]: |
|---|---|
| global occurrence: | Africa (incl Madagascar) |
| substrate: | bark, cork, plant surface – trunks, branches, twigs | rock, stones, pebbles – unspecified |
| life habit: | lichenized (mutualistic with algal photobionts) |
| thallus: | fruticose (fruticous), shrub-like, beard-like |
| [th] upper surface: | red(dish) yellow (orange, orange yellow) |
| [th marginal and upper surface] specific structures: | absent |
| ascomata: | absent |
| secondary metabolites: | present |
| secondary metabolites: | atranorin | canarione | chloroatranorin | isorangiformic acid | norrangiformic acid | rangiformic acid |
| primary photobiont: | present |
| secondary photobionts (eg in cephalodia): | absent |
| primary photobiont: | chlorophytaceous – trebouxiaceous, chlorococcoid |