Polyblastia helvetica Th. Fr.

Bot. Not.: 112, 1865.
Synonyms: Amphoroblastia helvetica (Th. Fr.) Servít
Description: Thallus crustose, episubstratic, thin and film-like to finely granular, subgelatinous when wet, pale to blackish grey, often inconspicuous. Perithecia black, 0.3-0.5 mm across, more or less immersed, globose or slightly flattened at the top. Involucrellum absent; exciple dark in upper part, pale brown in lower part; hamathecium of periphyses and periphysoids, interascal filaments absent. Asci (1-)2-spored, clavate, K/I-, fissitunicate, the wall thickened above, with an ocular chamber, dehiscent by extrusion of an endotunica to form a delicate rostrum. Ascospores strongly muriform, dark brown, cylindrical-ellipsoid, 70-140(-160) x 30-60 μm. Photobiont chlorococcoid. Spot tests: K-, C-, KC-, P-, UV-. Chemistry: without lichen substances.
Growth form: Crustose
Substrata: soil, terricolous mosses, and plant debris
Photobiont: green algae other than Trentepohlia
Reproductive strategy: mainly sexual

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

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Courtesy Danièle et Olivier Gonnet - Source: https://www.afl-lichenologie.fr/Photos_AFL/Photos_AFL_P/Text_P_4/Polyblastia_helvetica.htm
France, 25/8/2017 - Thoiry - Ain


Courtesy Danièle et Olivier Gonnet - Source: https://www.afl-lichenologie.fr/Photos_AFL/Photos_AFL_P/Text_P_4/Polyblastia_helvetica.htm
France, 25/8/2017 - Thoiry - Ain


Courtesy Danièle et Olivier Gonnet - Source: https://www.afl-lichenologie.fr/Photos_AFL/Photos_AFL_P/Text_P_4/Polyblastia_helvetica.htm
France, 25/8/2017 - Thoiry - Ain


Courtesy Danièle et Olivier Gonnet - Source: https://www.afl-lichenologie.fr/Photos_AFL/Photos_AFL_P/Text_P_4/Polyblastia_helvetica.htm
France, 25/8/2017 - Thoiry - Ain


Source: Zschacke, H. (1934) Epigloeaceae, Verrucariaceae und Dermatocarpaceae. In: Dr. L. Rabenhorst‘s Kryptogamen-Flora, Band 9, Abt. 1, Teil 1. Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft, Leipzig, 695 pp. - Public Domain