Polyblastia sepulta A. Massal.
Lotos, 6: 81, 1856.
Synonyms: Amphoroblastia pertusula (Nyl.) Servít; Amphoroblastia sepulta (A. Massal.) Servít; Polyblastia bavarica (Dalla Torre & Sarnth.) Zschacke; Polyblastia pertusula (Nyl.) Zschacke; Thelidium epipolaeum Arnold non sensu A. Massal.?; Verrucaria sepulta (A. Massal.) Wedd.
Description: Thallus crustose, fully endosubstratic, continuous, whitish to ochre-brown. Perithecia black, globose, 0.25-0.4 mm across, completely immersed and leaving pits in the rock. Involucrellum absent; exciple thin, dark throughout, globose but prolonged into a sort of beak; hamathecium of periphyses and periphysoids, interascal filaments absent; hymenial gel hemiamyloid, I+ red (I+ blue at very low concentrations of I), K/I+ blue. Asci 8-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 submuriform, with 3(-6) transverse septa and 1-2 longitudinal septa (with 6-8 cells in optical view), hyaline, ellipsoid, (25-)30-45(-55) x (9-)14-18(-20) μm. Photobiont chlorococcoid. Spot tests: K-, C-, KC-, P-, UV-. Chemistry: without lichen substances.
Growth form: Crustose endolithic
Substrata: rocks
Photobiont: green algae other than Trentepohlia
Reproductive strategy: mainly sexual
Poorly known taxon in need of further study
Commonnes-rarity: (info)
Alpine belt: rare
Subalpine belt: rather rare
Montane belt: very 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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France, 5/6/2014 - Fleurey-sur-Ouche, alt. 275 m, Côte-d'Or - (21) - sur paroi de calcaire très cohérent (Bathonien), herb. et det. D. et O. Gonnet

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France, 5/6/2014 - Fleurey-sur-Ouche, alt. 275 m, Côte-d'Or - (21) - sur paroi de calcaire très cohérent (Bathonien), herb. et det. D. et O. Gonnet

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France, 5/6/2014 - Fleurey-sur-Ouche, alt. 275 m, Côte-d'Or - (21) - sur paroi de calcaire très cohérent (Bathonien), herb. et det. D. et O. Gonnet

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France, 5/6/2014 - Fleurey-sur-Ouche, alt. 275 m, Côte-d'Or - (21) - sur paroi de calcaire très cohérent (Bathonien), herb. et det. D. et O. Gonnet

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France, 5/6/2014 - Fleurey-sur-Ouche, alt. 275 m, Côte-d'Or - (21) - sur paroi de calcaire très cohérent (Bathonien), herb. et det. D. et O. Gonnet
Growth form: Crustose endolithic
Substrata: rocks
Photobiont: green algae other than Trentepohlia
Reproductive strategy: mainly sexual
Poorly known taxon in need of further study
Commonnes-rarity: (info)
Alpine belt: rare
Subalpine belt: rather rare
Montane belt: very 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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Occurrence data
Predictive map

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France, 5/6/2014 - Fleurey-sur-Ouche, alt. 275 m, Côte-d'Or - (21) - sur paroi de calcaire très cohérent (Bathonien), herb. et det. D. et O. Gonnet

Courtesy Danièle et Olivier Gonnet - Source: https://www.afl-lichenologie.fr/Photos_AFL/Photos_AFL_P/Text_P_4/Polyblastia_sepulta.htm
France, 5/6/2014 - Fleurey-sur-Ouche, alt. 275 m, Côte-d'Or - (21) - sur paroi de calcaire très cohérent (Bathonien), herb. et det. D. et O. Gonnet

Courtesy Danièle et Olivier Gonnet - Source: https://www.afl-lichenologie.fr/Photos_AFL/Photos_AFL_P/Text_P_4/Polyblastia_sepulta.htm
France, 5/6/2014 - Fleurey-sur-Ouche, alt. 275 m, Côte-d'Or - (21) - sur paroi de calcaire très cohérent (Bathonien), herb. et det. D. et O. Gonnet

Courtesy Danièle et Olivier Gonnet - Source: https://www.afl-lichenologie.fr/Photos_AFL/Photos_AFL_P/Text_P_4/Polyblastia_sepulta.htm
France, 5/6/2014 - Fleurey-sur-Ouche, alt. 275 m, Côte-d'Or - (21) - sur paroi de calcaire très cohérent (Bathonien), herb. et det. D. et O. Gonnet
