LIAS light – Item Descriptions
LIASlight ItemID: 9430
| Characters[*]: | Character States[*]: |
|---|---|
| global occurrence: | Oceania – Australasia |
| 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 upper surface]: | epruinose |
| [th marginal and upper surface] specific structures: | absent |
| [th] morphol substructures (eg areoles, lobes, branches) width [mm]: | (low) 3.0 (high) 10.0 |
| [th] morphol substructures (eg areoles, lobes, branches) upper surface: | smooth, plane |
| [th] lower surface: | black(ish) |
| [th lower surface] specific structures: | absent |
| ascomata: | absent |
| conidiomata: | absent | present |
| conidia: | sublageniform |
| [co] length [µm]: | (low) 6.0 (high) 9.0 |
| secondary metabolites: | present |
| secondary metabolites: | atranorin | chloroatranorin | constipatic acid | protoconstipatic acid |
| primary photobiont: | present |
| secondary photobionts (eg in cephalodia): | absent |
| primary photobiont: | chlorophytaceous – trebouxiaceous, chlorococcoid |