Straminella varia (Hoffm.) S. Y. Kondr., Lőkös & Farkas
in Kondratyuk & al., Acta Bot. Hung., 61, 1-2: 158, 2019. Basionym: Patellaria varia Hoffm. - Descr. Adumbr. Pl. Crypt. Lich., 1: 102, 1790.
Synonyms: Lecanora subvaria Nyl.; Lecanora varia (Hoffm.) Ach.; Lecanora varia var. denudata Bagl.
Description: Thallus crustose, episubstratic, coarsely granulose, rimose-areolate to warted, ecorticate, yellowish green to ochraceous green, more rarely greenish grey, without a distinct prothallus, the areoles irregular in outline, 0.15-0.3(-0.5) mm wide, weakly convex. Apothecia lecanorine, round to irregular in outline, sessile and constricted at base, 0.4-1.5(-2) mm across, urceolate when young, with a yellowish green to orange-brown, flat, dull, often white-pruinose disc and a prominent, often inrolled, sinuous, persistent thalline margin. Thalline exciple corticate, the cortex 25-80 µm thick laterally, 90-150 µm near base, the hyphae with 1.5-2.5 µm wide lumina, the medullary part rich in algae; epithecium colourless to pale brown, 5-15 µm high, with many small yellow-brown granules soluble in K; hymenium colourless, 50-90 µm high; paraphyses simple or sparingly branched and anastomosing, 1.5-2 µm thick at mid-level, the apical cells hardly swollen; hypothecium colourless in upper part, pale yellow in lower part, 30-40 µm high. Asci 8-spored, clavate, Lecanora-type. Ascospores 1-celled, hyaline, ellipsoid, (8-)10-12(-14) x 4-7(-9) µm, 2.1-2.5 times as long as wide. Conidia thread-like, often curved, 12-22 µm long. Photobiont chlorococcoid. Spot tests: thallus K- or K+ faintly yellow, C-, KC- or KC+ pale yellow, P+ bright yellow, UV+ dull orange. Chemistry: usnic, psoromic and 29-O-demethylpsoromic acids, sometimes with additional diffractaic acid.
Growth form: Crustose
Photobiont: green algae other than Trentepohlia
Reproductive strategy: mainly sexual
Commonnes-rarity: (info)
Alpine belt: rare
Subalpine belt: rather common
Montane belt: rare
Dry submediterranean belt: absent
Humid submediterranean belt: absent
Padanian area: absent
pH of the substrata:
1 2 3 4 5
Solar irradiation:
1 2 3 4 5
Aridity:
1 2 3 4 5
Eutrophication:
1 2 3 4 5
Poleotolerance:
0 1 2 3
Altitudinal distribution:
1 2 3 4 5 6
Rarity
absent
extremely rare
very rare
rare
rather rare
rather common
common
very common
extremely common
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Ulrich Kirschbaum CC BY-SA 4.0 - Source: https://www.thm.de/lse/ulrich-kirschbaum/flechtenbilder
Central Europe

Juri Nascimbene - CC BY-SA 4.0; Owner: ITALIC - Dyades Project - Dept. of Life Sciences, University of Trieste
Italy, Trentino-Alto Adige, Bolzano/Bozen, Sciliar/Schlern
2007

Juri Nascimbene - CC BY-SA 4.0; Owner: ITALIC - Dyades Project - Dept. of Life Sciences, University of Trieste
Italy, Trentino-Alto Adige, Bolzano/Bozen, Sciliar/Schlern
2007

Marta González Garcia - Centro de Estudios Micologicos Asturianos
Spain, Villamor (Somiedo-Asturias), en varales de madera indeterminada, cerrando prados a 1.400 m de altitud, leg. & det. M. González.

Marta González Garcia - Centro de Estudios Micologicos Asturianos
Spain, Villamor (Somiedo-Asturias), en varales de madera indeterminada, cerrando prados a 1.400 m de altitud, leg. & det. M. González.

Marta González Garcia - Centro de Estudios Micologicos Asturianos
Spain, Villamor (Somiedo-Asturias), en varales de madera indeterminada, cerrando prados a 1.400 m de altitud, leg. & det. M. González.

Marta González Garcia - Centro de Estudios Micologicos Asturianos
Spain, Villamor (Somiedo-Asturias), en varales de madera indeterminada, cerrando prados a 1.400 m de altitud, leg. & det. M. González.

Marta González Garcia - Centro de Estudios Micologicos Asturianos
Spain, Villamor (Somiedo-Asturias), en varales de madera indeterminada, cerrando prados a 1.400 m de altitud, leg. & det. M. González.

Marta González Garcia - Centro de Estudios Micologicos Asturianos
Spain, Villamor (Somiedo-Asturias), en varales de madera indeterminada, cerrando prados a 1.400 m de altitud, leg. & det. M. González.

Marta González Garcia - Centro de Estudios Micologicos Asturianos
Spain, Villamor (Somiedo-Asturias), en varales de madera indeterminada, cerrando prados a 1.400 m de altitud, leg. & det. M. González.

Marta González Garcia - Centro de Estudios Micologicos Asturianos
Spain, Villamor (Somiedo-Asturias), en varales de madera indeterminada, cerrando prados a 1.400 m de altitud, leg. & det. M. González.

Marta González Garcia - Centro de Estudios Micologicos Asturianos
Spain, Villamor (Somiedo-Asturias), en varales de madera indeterminada, cerrando prados a 1.400 m de altitud, leg. & det. M. González.

CC BY 4.0 - Source: Ivanovich-Hichins C, Weber L, Li L, et al. New phylogenetic insights into the lichen genus Lecanora s. lat. (Lecanoraceae, Ascomycota): resurrection of the genera Glaucomaria, Straminella and Zeora. The Lichenologist. 2025;57(6):278-303. doi:10.1017/S0024282925101321
S. varia; Austria, Tirol, S. Pérez-Ortega & C. Printzen (FR-0212999). - Scale bar: 1 mm
Growth form: Crustose
Photobiont: green algae other than Trentepohlia
Reproductive strategy: mainly sexual
Commonnes-rarity: (info)
Alpine belt: rare
Subalpine belt: rather common
Montane belt: rare
Dry submediterranean belt: absent
Humid submediterranean belt: absent
Padanian area: absent
pH of the substrata:
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
Solar irradiation:
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
Aridity:
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
Eutrophication:
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
Poleotolerance:
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Altitudinal distribution:
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
Rarity
absent
extremely rare
very rare
rare
rather rare
rather common
common
very common
extremely common
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