Lecidea ecrustacea (Arnold) Arnold
Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 26: 359, 1876. Basionym: Lecidella polycarpa var. ecrustacea Anzi ex Arnold - Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 18: 954, 1868.
Synonyms: Lecidea complicata H. Magn.; Lecidea lactea var. ecrustacea (Arnold) Clauzade & Cl. Roux; Lecidea pseudopilati (Vain.) Vain.
Description: Thallus endosubstratic, not evident or reduced to a few thin granules around the apothecia. Medullary hyphae I+ deep blue (reaction difficult to observe). Apothecia lecideine, black, with a flat to slightly convex disc, and a thick, wavy proper margin. Proper exciple blue-black in outer part, paler with a violet tinge within, filled with crystals reacting K+ yellow slowly turning red; epithecium green-black; hymenium colourless, (30-)40-55(-65) µm high, I+ blue; paraphyses coherent, c. 3.5 µm thick; hypothecium brown, K+ reddish brown. Asci 8-spored, narrowly clavate, thick-walled, with a K/I+ pale blue tholus and a strongly amyloid, thin apical cushion, surrounded by a I+ blue outer layer, Lecidea-type. Ascospores 1-celled, hyaline, ellipsoid, (8-)11-13(-15) x 5-6(-7) µm, 1.8-2.4 times as long as wide. Photobiont chlorococcoid. Spot tests: crystals in exciple K+ yellow turning red, P+ pale yellow. Chemistry: apothecia (exciple) with norstictic acid.
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: rather common
Subalpine belt: rather rare
Montane belt: absent
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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Einar Timdal, Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Norway CC BY-SA NC
Sample ID: O-L-175712b
Source: http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=593379
Einar Timdal, Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Norway – CC BY-SA NC
Herbarium: Sample ID: O-L-175712b
Source: http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=593379
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: rather common
Subalpine belt: rather rare
Montane belt: absent
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
Loading data...
Occurrence data
Predictive map
Einar Timdal, Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Norway CC BY-SA NC
Sample ID: O-L-175712b Source: http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=593379
