LIAS light – Item Descriptions
LIASlight ItemID: 3824
Mycoblastus alpinus (Fr.) Hellb.
Characters[*]: | Character States[*]: |
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global occurrence: | Eurasia – Europe | Americas – North America (incl Mexico) | Arctic |
substrate: | bark, cork, plant surface – trunks, branches, twigs | rock – siliceous, siliciferous, acidic | rock, stones, pebbles – unspecified |
life habit: | lichenized (mutualistic with algal photobionts) |
thallus: | crustose (crustaceous) – episubstratal – unspecified |
thallus: | continuous, diffuse, effuse | granular, granulose, granulate |
[th] upper surface: | grey(ish) | yellow(ish) (if dull: buff) |
[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, lobes, branches) upper surface: | verrucose, warted |
ascomata: | absent | present |
ascoma: | apothecial, apothecioid – hymenial |
ascoma: | sessile, superficial |
[ascm, if apoth] disc, mazaedium: | convex |
[ascm, if apoth] disc, mazaedium: | black(ish) |
[ascm, if apoth] disc, mazaedium: | epruinose |
[ascm, if apoth] subhymenial layers, hypothecium; [if perith] basal excipulum: | hyaline, colourless | yellow(ish) brown |
[ascm] paraphyses/-oids: | present |
[ascm] epihymenium, epithecium: | hyaline, colourless |
asci: | lecanoralean |
[asc] tholus: | thickened |
[asc] tholus amyloidity (iodine reaction): | present |
[asc] tholus amyloidity pattern: | amyloid with acuate axial body towards the apex (= Bacidia-, Buellia-, Ramalina-types etc) | entirely amyloid (= Catillaria-, Teloschistes-types etc) |
[asp] septa: | absent – spore lumen unilocular, monolocular |
[asp] pigmentation: | hyaline, colourless |
secondary metabolites: | present |
secondary metabolites: | atranorin | planaic acid | usnic acid |
primary photobiont: | present |
secondary photobionts (eg in cephalodia): | absent |
primary photobiont: | chlorophytaceous – trebouxiaceous, chlorococcoid |