LIAS light – Item Descriptions
LIASlight ItemID: 363
Asahinea chrysantha (Tuck.) W. L. Culb. & C. F. Culb.
| Characters[*]: | Character States[*]: |
|---|---|
| global occurrence: | Eurasia – Asia Extratropical | Eurasia – Europe | Americas – North America (incl Mexico) | Arctic |
| substrate: | bark, cork, plant surface – trunks, branches, twigs |
| life habit: | lichenized (mutualistic with algal photobionts) |
| thallus: | foliose (foliaceous), leaf-like |
| [th] upper surface: | yellow(ish) (if dull: buff) | grey(ish) brown |
| [th upper surface]: | epruinose |
| [th marginal and upper surface] specific structures: | absent | 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) 10.0 (high) 30.0 |
| [th] morphol substructures (eg areoles, lobes, branches) upper surface: | uneven, undulate | pseudocyphellate, with pseudocyphellae |
| [th lower surface] specific structures: | absent |
| ascomata: | absent |
| conidiomata: | absent | present |
| conidia: | bifusiform |
| [co] length [µm]: | (low) 3.0 (high) 5.0 |
| secondary metabolites: | present |
| secondary metabolites: | alectoronic acid | atranorin | usnic acid |
| primary photobiont: | present |
| secondary photobionts (eg in cephalodia): | absent |
| primary photobiont: | chlorophytaceous – trebouxiaceous, chlorococcoid |