Arthrorhaphis grisea Th. Fr.

N. Acta Reg. Soc. Sci. Upsal., ser. 3, 3: 304, 1861.
Synonyms: Bacidia arenicola (Nyl. ex Mudd) H. Olivier; Bacidia flavovirescens var. arenicola (Nyl. ex Mudd) A.L. Sm.; Gongylia sabuletorum (Fr.) Stein; Gongylia viridis A.L. Sm.; Lahmia fueistingii Körb.; Mycobacidia arenicola (Nyl. ex Mudd) Sacc. & D. Sacc.; Raphiospora arenicola Nyl. ex Mudd; Sagedia sabuletorum (Fr.) A. Massal.
Description: Thallus crustose, episubstratic, grey-white to dark grey-green, thin, developing on the thalli of Baeomyces-species, immersed in the thallus of the host and appearing as a dark spot. Apothecia lecideine, black, 0.2-0.5 mm across, sessile, not constricted at base, with an initially urceolate, then concave to finally flat, smooth disc, and a thick, rugose, persistent proper margin. Exciple dark brownish green in the outer and innermost parts, paler inbetween; epithecium brownish to greenish brown, K-; hymenium colourless, inspersed with oil droplets, I ; paraphyses free, slender (to 2 μm thick), branched and anastomosing, not thickened at apex; hypothecium brown in lower part. Asci 8-spored, subcylindrical to clavate, the wall of young asci with a poorly developed tholus and an ocular chamber, that of mature asci more or less uniformly thick throughout. Ascospores (8-)12-15-septate, hyaline, acicular, thin-walled, (20-)30-70(-90) x 2-3.5(-4) μm. Pycnidia black, usually superficial, rarely immersed. 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
paras Baeomyces spp.

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

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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/


P.L. Nimis; Owner: Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste
Herbarium: TSB (14774)
2003/03/06


P.L. Nimis; Owner: Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste
Herbarium: TSB (14774)
2003/03/06


Walter Obermayer CC BY-SA 4.0 - Source: Lichens of Noricum - http://lichens-of-noricum.uni-graz.at/