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LIAS light – Item Descriptions


LIASlight ItemID: 7688

Lichinella robusta Henssen

Characters[*]:Character States[*]:
global occurrence: Africa (incl Madagascar)
substrate: rock – calcareous, calciferous, basic | rock, stones, pebbles – unspecified
life habit: lichenized (mutualistic with algal photobionts)
thallus: subfruticose (subfruticous), fruticulose, dactyliform | fruticose (fruticous), shrub-like, beard-like
[th] upper surface: black(ish)
[th marginal and upper surface] specific structures: absent
[th] morphol substructures (eg areoles, lobes, branches) width [mm]: (low) 0.09 (high) 0.2
[th] morphol substructures (eg areoles, lobes, branches) upper surface: smooth, plane
[th] morphol substructures (eg lobes, branches): isotomic-dichotomous
ascomata: absent | present
ascoma: apothecial, apothecioid – hymenial
ascoma [mm]: (min) 0.3
[ascm, if apoth] disc, mazaedium: red(dish) brown (if pale: orange brown)
[ascm] paraphyses/-oids: present
asci: prototunicate
[asc] tholus: not thickened
[asc] tholus amyloidity (iodine reaction): absent
ascospores: (min) 24.0(median) 36.0
[asp] shape: globose, spherical | subglobose, subspherical
[asp] length [µm]: (median) 5.0
[asp] width [µm]: (median) 4.0
[asp] septa: absent – spore lumen unilocular, monolocular
[asp] pigmentation: hyaline, colourless
conidiomata: absent | present
conidia: cylindrical
[co] length [µm]: (median) 4.0
primary photobiont: present
secondary photobionts (eg in cephalodia): absent
primary photobiont: cyanobacterial

[*] Not all (synonymous, equivalent or similar) terms being provided in parallel for a character or character state (e.g. 'endosubstratal, inconspicuous, immersed') need to be valid for the taxon under concern.


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