Bacidia arceutina (Ach.) Arnold
Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 19: 624, 1869. Basionym: Lecidea luteola var. arceutina Ach. - Meth. Lich.: 61. 1803.
Synonyms: Bacidia effusa (Sm.) Trevis. non auct.; Bacidia leightoniana (Larbal. ex Leight.) H. Olivier; Bacidia luteola var. fuscella Mudd; Bacidia sbarbaronis B. de Lesd.; Lecidea arceutina (Ach.) Gray
Description: Thallus crustose, endosubstratic or thinly episubstratic, white to pale grey, continuous to rimose, rarely minutely granular. Apothecia lecideine, (0.2-)0.5-0.8(-1) mm across, at first yellowish brown, then brown to brown-black, with a flat to finally convex, epruinose disc, and a usually darker, finally sometimes excluded proper margin. Proper exciple brownish in outer part, colourless or pale yellow within, 60-95 μm thick laterally, 100-125 μm thick at base, of radiating hyphae, usually with a single row of up to 6 μm thick, rounded cells along the outer edge, the pigmented parts K- or K+ yellow; epithecium yellow-brown or olive-brown, K-, N-; hymenium colourless, 45-70(-90) μm high, I+ blue, K/I+ deep blue; paraphyses simple or irregularly forked in upper part, 0.8-1.5 μm thick at mid-level, the apical cells up to 2.5(-4) μm wide; hypothecium colourless or yellow-brown and K+ intensifying yellow in upper part, 20-35 μm high. Asci 8-spored, clavate to cylindrical-clavate, the apical dome K/I+ dark blue with a pale, conical-pointed apical cushion (axial mass), the wall I-, but the thin outer gel I+ blue, Bacidia-type. Ascospores, 3-7-septate, hyaline, acicular. (32-)35-55(-70) x 1.2-2(-2.5) μm. Pycnidia rare, inconspicuous, immersed. Conidia filiform, curved, 9-17 x c. 0.7 μm. Photobiont chlorococcoid, the cells 5-12 μm in diam. Spot tests: thallus K-, C-, KC-, P-, UV-. Chemistry: thallus without lichen substances.
Growth form: Crustose
Substrata: bark
Photobiont: green algae other than Trentepohlia
Reproductive strategy: mainly sexual
Most common in areas with a humid-warm climate (e.g. most of Tyrrenian Italy)
Commonnes-rarity: (info)
Alpine belt: absent
Subalpine belt: absent
Montane belt: extremely rare
Dry submediterranean belt: very rare
Humid submediterranean belt: rather rare
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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E. Pittao; Owner: Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste
Herbarium: TSB (TSB 14656)
20.10.2009

E. Pittao; Owner: Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste
Herbarium: TSB (TSB 14656)
20.10.2009

Felix Schumm - CC BY-SA 4.0
Image from: F. Schumm (2008) - Flechten Madeiras, der Kanaren und Azoren. Beck, OHG - ISBN: 978-3-00-023700-3

Felix Schumm - CC BY-SA 4.0
Image from: F. Schumm (2008) - Flechten Madeiras, der Kanaren und Azoren. Beck, OHG - ISBN: 978-3-00-023700-3

Felix Schumm - CC BY-SA 4.0
Image from: F. Schumm (2008) - Flechten Madeiras, der Kanaren und Azoren. Beck, OHG - ISBN: 978-3-00-023700-3

Felix Schumm - CC BY-SA 4.0
Image from: F. Schumm (2008) - Flechten Madeiras, der Kanaren und Azoren. Beck, OHG - ISBN: 978-3-00-023700-3

Felix Schumm - CC BY-SA 4.0
Image from: F. Schumm (2008) - Flechten Madeiras, der Kanaren und Azoren. Beck, OHG - ISBN: 978-3-00-023700-3

Felix Schumm – CC BY-SA 4.0
Image from: F. Schumm (2008) - Flechten Madeiras, der Kanaren und Azoren. Beck, OHG - ISBN: 978-3-00-023700-3

Courtesy: Olivier Gonnet - Source: https://www.afl-lichenologie.fr/Photos_AFL/Photos_AFL_B/Bacidia_arceutina.htm
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France, Lesteven

Jacques Haine - Source: http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=501&lang=en
France, Lesteven

Marta González Garcia - Centro de Estudios Micologicos Asturianos
Senda de la Cascada del Xiblú (Teverga-Asturias), 20-V-2025, en madera elaborada.
Excípulo K-.

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Senda de la Cascada del Xiblú (Teverga-Asturias), 20-V-2025, en madera elaborada.
Excípulo K-.

Marta González Garcia - Centro de Estudios Micologicos Asturianos
Senda de la Cascada del Xiblú (Teverga-Asturias), 20-V-2025, en madera elaborada.
Excípulo K-.

Marta González Garcia - Centro de Estudios Micologicos Asturianos
Senda de la Cascada del Xiblú (Teverga-Asturias), 20-V-2025, en madera elaborada.
Excípulo K-.
Growth form: Crustose
Substrata: bark
Photobiont: green algae other than Trentepohlia
Reproductive strategy: mainly sexual
Most common in areas with a humid-warm climate (e.g. most of Tyrrenian Italy)
Commonnes-rarity: (info)
Alpine belt: absent
Subalpine belt: absent
Montane belt: extremely rare
Dry submediterranean belt: very rare
Humid submediterranean belt: rather rare
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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Predictive map

E. Pittao; Owner: Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste
Herbarium: TSB (TSB 14656)
20.10.2009

E. Pittao; Owner: Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste
Herbarium: TSB (TSB 14656)
20.10.2009

Felix Schumm - CC BY-SA 4.0
Image from: F. Schumm (2008) - Flechten Madeiras, der Kanaren und Azoren. Beck, OHG - ISBN: 978-3-00-023700-3

Felix Schumm - CC BY-SA 4.0
Image from: F. Schumm (2008) - Flechten Madeiras, der Kanaren und Azoren. Beck, OHG - ISBN: 978-3-00-023700-3

Felix Schumm - CC BY-SA 4.0
Image from: F. Schumm (2008) - Flechten Madeiras, der Kanaren und Azoren. Beck, OHG - ISBN: 978-3-00-023700-3

Felix Schumm - CC BY-SA 4.0
Image from: F. Schumm (2008) - Flechten Madeiras, der Kanaren und Azoren. Beck, OHG - ISBN: 978-3-00-023700-3

Felix Schumm - CC BY-SA 4.0
Image from: F. Schumm (2008) - Flechten Madeiras, der Kanaren und Azoren. Beck, OHG - ISBN: 978-3-00-023700-3

Felix Schumm – CC BY-SA 4.0
Image from: F. Schumm (2008) - Flechten Madeiras, der Kanaren und Azoren. Beck, OHG - ISBN: 978-3-00-023700-3

Courtesy: Olivier Gonnet - Source: https://www.afl-lichenologie.fr/Photos_AFL/Photos_AFL_B/Bacidia_arceutina.htm
France, session AFL 2014 - Parc du Mercantour

Courtesy: Olivier Gonnet - Source: https://www.afl-lichenologie.fr/Photos_AFL/Photos_AFL_B/Bacidia_arceutina.htm
France, session AFL 2014 - Parc du Mercantour

Courtesy: Olivier Gonnet - Source: https://www.afl-lichenologie.fr/Photos_AFL/Photos_AFL_B/Bacidia_arceutina.htm
France, session AFL 2014 - Parc du Mercantour

Jacques Haine - Source: http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=501&lang=en
France, Crozon

Jacques Haine - Source: http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=501&lang=en
France, Crozon

Jacques Haine - Source: http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=501&lang=en
France, Lesteven

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France, Lesteven

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Jacques Haine - Source: http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=501&lang=en
France, Lesteven

Jacques Haine - Source: http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=501&lang=en
France, Lesteven

Jacques Haine - Source: http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=501&lang=en
France, Lesteven

Marta González Garcia - Centro de Estudios Micologicos Asturianos
Senda de la Cascada del Xiblú (Teverga-Asturias), 20-V-2025, en madera elaborada. Excípulo K-.

Marta González Garcia - Centro de Estudios Micologicos Asturianos
Senda de la Cascada del Xiblú (Teverga-Asturias), 20-V-2025, en madera elaborada. Excípulo K-.

Marta González Garcia - Centro de Estudios Micologicos Asturianos
Senda de la Cascada del Xiblú (Teverga-Asturias), 20-V-2025, en madera elaborada. Excípulo K-.
