LIAS light – Item Descriptions
LIASlight ItemID: 3668
Melanelia infumata (Nyl.) Essl.
Characters[*]: | Character States[*]: |
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global occurrence: | Eurasia – Asia Extratropical | Eurasia – Europe | Americas – North America (incl Mexico) | Arctic |
substrate: | rock – siliceous, siliciferous, acidic | rock, stones, pebbles – unspecified |
life habit: | lichenized (mutualistic with algal photobionts) |
thallus: | foliose (foliaceous), leaf-like |
thallus: | continuous, diffuse, effuse |
[th] upper surface: | brown(ish) green (olivaceous, olive green) | black(ish) brown | red(dish) brown (if pale: orange brown) |
[th upper surface]: | pruinose |
[th marginal and upper surface] specific structures: | present |
[th margin] cilia, cilioid structures: | absent |
[th upper surface] isidia, isidioid structures: | present |
[th upper surface] soredia, soralia, soralioid structures: | absent |
[th] morphol substructures (eg areoles, lobes, branches) width [mm]: | (low) 1.0 (high) 4.0 (max) 6.0 |
[th] morphol substructures (eg areoles, squamules): | distantly discontiguous |
[th] morphol substructures (eg areoles, lobes, branches) upper surface: | smooth, plane |
[th] morphol substructures (eg lobes, branches): | subdichotomous | irregular |
[th] lower surface: | black(ish) | brown(ish) (if pale: fawn, tan; if mid: cinnamon) |
[th lower surface] specific structures: | present |
[th lower surface] rhizines, rhizoid structures: | present |
[th lower surface] rhizines, rhizinoid structures: | unbranched, simple |
ascomata: | absent |
secondary metabolites: | absent |
primary photobiont: | present |
secondary photobionts (eg in cephalodia): | absent |
primary photobiont: | chlorophytaceous – trebouxiaceous, chlorococcoid |