LIAS light – Item Descriptions
LIASlight ItemID: 4703
| Characters[*]: | Character States[*]: |
|---|---|
| global occurrence: | Africa (incl Madagascar) | Oceania – Australasia | Americas – South and Central America |
| substrate: | bark, cork, plant surface – trunks, branches, twigs | rock, stones, pebbles – unspecified |
| life habit: | lichenized (mutualistic with algal photobionts) |
| thallus: | foliose (foliaceous), leaf-like |
| [th] upper surface: | grey(ish) | blue(ish) grey | grey(ish) white |
| [th upper surface]: | epruinose | pruinose |
| [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) width [mm]: | (low) 0.8 (high) 2.5 (max) 4.0 |
| [th] morphol substructures (eg areoles, lobes, branches) upper surface: | smooth, plane | maculate | rugulose, finely wrinkled | uneven, undulate |
| [th] lower surface: | black(ish) | brown(ish) (if pale: fawn, tan; if mid: cinnamon) | brown(ish) black | grey(ish) brown |
| [th lower surface] specific structures: | present |
| [th lower surface] rhizines, rhizoid structures: | present |
| ascomata: | absent |
| secondary metabolites: | present |
| secondary metabolites: | 6α-acetoxy-22-hydroxyhopane-25-oic acid (aipolic acid) | 6α-acetoxyhopane-16β,22-diol | atranorin | leucotylin | zeorin (hopane-6α,22-diol) | 6α-acetoxy-16β,22-dihydroxyhopane-25-oic acid | 16β-acetoxy-6α,22-dihydroxyhopane-25-oic acid |
| primary photobiont: | present |
| secondary photobionts (eg in cephalodia): | absent |
| primary photobiont: | chlorophytaceous – trebouxiaceous, chlorococcoid |