Thelidium subrimulatum (Nyl.) Zschacke

Hedwigia, 62: 138, 1921. Basionym: Verrucaria subrimulata Nyl. - Flora, 57: 316, 1874.
Synonyms: Thelidium opacum J. Lahm
Distribution: N - VG (TSB 36838), Frl, Lig.
Description: Thallus crustose, thinly episubstratic, continuous to finely fissured, grey to grey-brown. Perithecia black, (0.2-)0.3-0.5 mm across, largely immersed in the thallus. Involucrellum thick, reaching almost the base of the perithecium, diverging from exciple especially in lower part; exciple mostly colourless; hamathecium of periphyses and periphysoids, interascal filaments absent; hymenial gel I+ red (I+ blue at very low concentrations of I), K/I+ blue. Asci 8-spored, narrowly ellipsoid to clavate, I-, fissitunicate, the wall thickened above, with an ocular chamber, dehiscent by extrusion of a delicate rostrum. Ascospores 1-3-septate, hyaline, ellipsoid, 20-36 x 8-17 μm. Photobiont chlorococcoid. Spot tests: K-, C-, KC-, P-, UV-. Chemistry: without lichen substances.
Note: this species, described from the Pyrenees, has been collected from very few localities in upland areas of southern Europe, on limestone and calcareous schists.
Growth form: Crustose
Substrata: rocks
Photobiont: green algae other than Trentepohlia
Reproductive strategy: mainly sexual

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

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TSB 16806



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Herbarium: TSB 16806