Peltigera elisabethae Gyeln.

Botanik Közlemények, 24: 135, 1927.
Synonyms: Peltidea horizontalis var. lophyra Ach.; Peltigera elisabethae f. complicata Gyeln.; Peltigera mauritzii Gyeln.; Peltigera mauritzii var. stuckenbergiae Dombr.; Peltigera microphylla (Anders) Gyeln.; Peltigera polydactylon f. microphylla Anders; Peltigera polydactylon var. microphylla (Anders) Trass
Distribution: N - Frl (Tretiach & Hafellner 2000, Tretiach & Molaro 2007), Ven (Caniglia & al. 1999, Nascimbene & Caniglia 2003c, Nascimbene & Marini 2007), TAA (Vitikainen 1994, Nascimbene 1997, 2000, Nascimbene & Caniglia 2000, Lang 2009), Lomb (Rivellini 1994, Valcuvia & Delucchi 2001, Valcuvia & al. 2003, Delucchi & Valcuvia 2004, Gheza 2019, 2019b, Gheza & al. 2022), Piem (Vitikainen 1994, Isocrono & al. 2003, 2004, Isocrono & Piervittori 2008), VA (Vitikainen 1994, Borlandelli & al. 1996, Piervittori & Isocrono 1997, 1999, Piervittori & al. 2001, Revel & al. 2001, Matteucci & al. 2008c), Emil (Tretiach & al. 2008, Benesperi 2009, Fariselli & al. 2020), Lig (Brunialti & al. 2001). C - Tosc (Benesperi 2006, 2007, 2011, Benesperi & al. 2007, Munzi & al. 2014b), Marc (Herb. Ravera 4584), Umb (Genovesi & al. 2002, Ravera & al. 2006), Laz (Herb. Ravera 5037), Abr (Gheza & al. 2021), Mol (Nimis & Tretiach 2004, Caporale & al. 2008). S - Camp (Catalano & al. 2016), Bas (Potenza 2006, Potenza & al. 2010, Potenza & Fascetti 2012), Cal (Puntillo 1996).
Description: Thallus foliose, broad-lobed, heteromerous and dorsiventral, loosely attached, up to 15 cm in diam. Lobes elongate, contiguous, with rounded ends, 1-2 cm broad and up to 5 cm long; upper surface grey to brown when dry, blackish when wet, shiny, smooth, often with a few conspicuous cracks, the margins crisped, up-turned, often bearing lobules or flattened schizidia. Lower surface without distinct veins, pale at margins, black-brown, sometimes with a few rounded or oval white spots in central parts, with thick, dark, squarrose-fasciculate, up to 3 mm long rhizines arranged in concentric rows. Upper cortex pseudoparenchymatous; medulla white, thick; lower cortex absent. Apothecia rare, terminal, brown, horizontal, flat. Paraphyses simple, distinctly thickened above. Asci 8-spored, fissitunicate, the thickened apex with a K/I+ blue ring, Peltigera-type. Ascospores 3-5(-7)-septate, hyaline to pale brown at maturity, fusiform, thin-walled, 24-45 x 3-7 μm. Photobiont cyanobacterial (Nostoc, the cells not in long chains). Spot tests: Cortex and medulla K-, C-, KC-, P-, or medulla C+ and KC+ pink. Chemistry: two chemotypes, with different combinations of tenuiorin, methyl gyrophorate, gyrophoric acid, zeorin and one or more unidentified triterpenoids.
Note: on terricolous bryophytes and soil rich in humus, with optimum in montane to subalpine forests.
Growth form: Foliose, broad lobed
Substrata: soil, terricolous mosses, and plant debris
Photobiont: cyanobacteria, filamentous (e.g. Nostoc, Scytonema)
Reproductive strategy: mainly sexual

Commonnes-rarity: (info)

Alpine belt: absent
Subalpine belt: rare
Oromediterranean belt: absent
Montane belt: rather rare
Submediterranean belt: absent
Padanian area: absent
Humid submediterranean belt: absent
Humid mediterranean belt: absent
Dry mediterranean belt: absent

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Predictive model
Herbarium samples


P.L. Nimis; Owner: Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste
Italy, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Udine, Ampezzo Carnico, 650 m
09.09.2016



P.L. Nimis; Owner: Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste
Herbarium: TSB (12711)
2001/12/05
upper surface



P.L. Nimis; Owner: Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste
Herbarium: TSB (33490)
2003/03/03



P.L. Nimis; Owner: Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste
Herbarium: TSB (24625)
2003/03/03
detail of lower surface



P.L. Nimis; Owner: Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste
Herbarium: TSB (31462)
2003/03/03
phyllidia



P.L. Nimis; Owner: Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste
Herbarium: TSB (31462)
2003/03/03
rhizines



P.L. Nimis; Owner: Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste
Italy, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Udine, Ampezzo Carnico, 650 m
09.09.2016



P.L. Nimis; Owner: Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste
Italy, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Udine, Ampezzo Carnico, 650 m
09.09.2016



P.L. Nimis; Owner: Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste
Italy, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Udine, Ampezzo Carnico, 650 m
09.09.2016


Einar Timdal - Source: http://nhm2.uio.no/lav/web/index.html - CC BY-NC


Courtesy Danièle et Olivier Gonnet - Source: https://www.afl-lichenologie.fr/Photos_AFL/Photos_AFL_P/Text_P_3/Peltigera_elisabethae.htm
France, 4/11/2013 - Issandolanges, ruines, alt. 680 m - Puy-de-Dôme


Courtesy Danièle et Olivier Gonnet - Source: https://www.afl-lichenologie.fr/Photos_AFL/Photos_AFL_P/Text_P_3/Peltigera_elisabethae.htm
France, 4/11/2013 - Issandolanges, ruines, alt. 680 m - Puy-de-Dôme


Courtesy Danièle et Olivier Gonnet - Source: https://www.afl-lichenologie.fr/Photos_AFL/Photos_AFL_P/Text_P_3/Peltigera_elisabethae.htm
France, 4/11/2013 - Issandolanges, ruines, alt. 680 m - Puy-de-Dôme


Courtesy Danièle et Olivier Gonnet - Source: https://www.afl-lichenologie.fr/Photos_AFL/Photos_AFL_P/Text_P_3/Peltigera_elisabethae.htm
France, 4/11/2013 - Issandolanges, ruines, alt. 680 m - Puy-de-Dôme


Courtesy Danièle et Olivier Gonnet - Source: https://www.afl-lichenologie.fr/Photos_AFL/Photos_AFL_P/Text_P_3/Peltigera_elisabethae.htm
France, 4/11/2013 - Issandolanges, ruines, alt. 680 m - Puy-de-Dôme


Courtesy Danièle et Olivier Gonnet - Source: https://www.afl-lichenologie.fr/Photos_AFL/Photos_AFL_P/Text_P_3/Peltigera_elisabethae.htm
France, 4/11/2013 - Issandolanges, ruines, alt. 680 m - Puy-de-Dôme