LIAS light – Item Descriptions
LIASlight ItemID: 5785
Siphula ceratites (Wahlenb.) Fr.
| Characters[*]: | Character States[*]: |
|---|---|
| global occurrence: | Africa (incl Madagascar) | Eurasia – Asia Extratropical | Eurasia – Europe | Americas – North America (incl Mexico) | Eurasia – Asia Tropical | Arctic |
| substrate: | soil, clay, humus, turf, detritus, dead leaves | rock, stones, pebbles – unspecified |
| life habit: | lichenized (mutualistic with algal photobionts) |
| thallus: | fruticose (fruticous), shrub-like, beard-like |
| thallus: | continuous, diffuse, effuse |
| [th] upper surface: | grey(ish) | white(ish) | yellow(ish) white (ivory, off-white, cream-coloured) |
| [th upper surface]: | epruinose | pruinose |
| [th] morphol substructures (eg areoles, lobes, branches) width [mm]: | (min) 2.0 |
| [th] morphol substructures (eg areoles, lobes, branches) upper surface: | smooth, plane |
| ascomata: | absent |
| secondary metabolites: | present |
| secondary metabolites: | siphulin |
| primary photobiont: | present |
| secondary photobionts (eg in cephalodia): | absent |
| primary photobiont: | chlorophytaceous – trebouxiaceous, chlorococcoid |