LIAS light – Item Descriptions
LIASlight ItemID: 4635
Phaeophyscia rubropulchra (Degel.) Essl.
| Characters[*]: | Character States[*]: |
|---|---|
| global occurrence: | Americas – North America (incl Mexico) |
| substrate: | bark, cork, plant surface – trunks, branches, twigs |
| life habit: | lichenized (mutualistic with algal photobionts) |
| thallus: | foliose (foliaceous), leaf-like |
| [th] upper surface: | grey(ish) |
| [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] lower surface: | black(ish) |
| [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: | present |
| secondary metabolites: | skyrin (rhodophyscin) | unknown/unidentified fatty acid(s) |
| primary photobiont: | present |
| secondary photobionts (eg in cephalodia): | absent |
| primary photobiont: | chlorophytaceous – trebouxiaceous, chlorococcoid |