Stenocybe major Körb.
Nyl. ex Körb., Syst. Lich. Germ.: 306, 1855.
Synonyms: Calicium eusporum Nyl.; Stenocybe euspora (Nyl.) Anzi
Distribution: N - TAA (Puntillo & Puntillo 2009, Nascimbene & al. 2014, Nascimbene 2014), Lomb (Puntillo & Puntillo 2009), Piem (Isocrono & al. 2004, Puntillo & Puntillo 2009).
Description: Thallus not evident, not lichenized. Apothecia long-stalked, pin-like, 0.75-1.5(-2) mm high, dark brown to black. Stalk slender, simple or branched in upper part, consisting of dark brown, periclinally arranged hyphae. Capitulum 0.2-0.6 mm across, obovoid or subspherical, shining black. Exciple well-developed, narrowly obconical, vertically pleated, consisting of dark brown, periclinally arranged hyphae; epithecium of a thin layer of dark hyphae; mazaedium absent. Asci 8-spored, cylindrical, formed singly from ascogenous hyphae with croziers, uniformly thickened at apex, with a single functional wall layer, persisting until the spores are ejected (mazaedium absent), with uniseriately arranged spores. Ascospores 1-3 septate, narrowly ellipsoid to fusiform, dark brown, the terminal cells paler, with pointed ends, 18-36 x 7-11 µm, the wall conspicuously papillate to reticulate. Photobiont absent. Spot tests: K-, C-, KC-, P-. Chemistry: without lichen substances.Note: on the trunk of old trees, especially Abies, in humid montane forests, on the thalli of Loxospora-species.
Growth form: Lichenicolous fungus
Substrata: bark
Reproductive strategy: mainly sexual
Most common in areas with a humid-warm climate (e.g. most of Tyrrenian Italy)
paras Loxospora spp.
Commonnes-rarity: (info)
Alpine belt: absent
Subalpine belt: absent
Oromediterranean belt: absent
Montane belt: extremely rare
Submediterranean belt: absent
Padanian area: absent
Humid submediterranean belt: absent
Humid mediterranean belt: absent
Dry mediterranean belt: absent
Predictive model
Herbarium samples
Walter Obermayer CC BY-SA 4.0 - Source: Lichens of Noricum - http://lichens-of-noricum.uni-graz.at/
Walter Obermayer CC BY-SA 4.0 - Source: Lichens of Noricum - http://lichens-of-noricum.uni-graz.at/
Walter Obermayer CC BY-SA 4.0 - Source: Lichens of Noricum - http://lichens-of-noricum.uni-graz.at/
Walter Obermayer CC BY-SA 4.0 - Source: Lichens of Noricum - http://lichens-of-noricum.uni-graz.at/
Walter Obermayer CC BY-SA 4.0 - Source: Lichens of Noricum - http://lichens-of-noricum.uni-graz.at/
Walter Obermayer CC BY-SA 4.0 - Source: Lichens of Noricum - http://lichens-of-noricum.uni-graz.at/
Growth form: Lichenicolous fungus
Substrata: bark
Reproductive strategy: mainly sexual
Most common in areas with a humid-warm climate (e.g. most of Tyrrenian Italy)
paras Loxospora spp.
Commonnes-rarity: (info)
Alpine belt: absent
Subalpine belt: absent
Oromediterranean belt: absent
Montane belt: extremely rare
Submediterranean belt: absent
Padanian area: absent
Humid submediterranean belt: absent
Humid mediterranean belt: absent
Dry mediterranean belt: absent
Predictive model
| Herbarium samples |
Walter Obermayer CC BY-SA 4.0 - Source: Lichens of Noricum - http://lichens-of-noricum.uni-graz.at/
Walter Obermayer CC BY-SA 4.0 - Source: Lichens of Noricum - http://lichens-of-noricum.uni-graz.at/
Walter Obermayer CC BY-SA 4.0 - Source: Lichens of Noricum - http://lichens-of-noricum.uni-graz.at/
Walter Obermayer CC BY-SA 4.0 - Source: Lichens of Noricum - http://lichens-of-noricum.uni-graz.at/
Walter Obermayer CC BY-SA 4.0 - Source: Lichens of Noricum - http://lichens-of-noricum.uni-graz.at/
