
LIAS light – Item Descriptions
LIASlight ItemID: 5435
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 |
life habit: | lichenized (mutualistic with algal photobionts) |
thallus: | fruticose (fruticous), shrub-like, beard-like |
[th] upper surface: | yellow(ish) (if dull: buff) | yellow(ish) green |
[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, squamules): | contiguous, coherent (throughout the thallus) |
[th] morphol substructures (eg areoles, lobes, branches) upper surface: | smooth, plane |
ascomata: | absent |
secondary metabolites: | present |
secondary metabolites: | usnic acid |
primary photobiont: | present |
secondary photobionts (eg in cephalodia): | absent |
primary photobiont: | chlorophytaceous – trebouxiaceous, chlorococcoid |