Lecidea grisella Flörke

in Flotow, Lich. Schlesien: 141-142, 1829.
Synonyms: Biatora livescens (Leight.) Walt. Watson; Lecidea fumosa var. grisella (Flörke) Müll. Arg.; Lecidea fuscoatra var. grisella (Flörke) Nyl.; Lecidea grisella f. mosigii (Ach.) Zahlbr.; Lecidea livescens Leight.; Lecidea segregula Nyl.
Description: Thallus crustose, continuous to rimose-areolate in central part, the areoles (when present) starting their development from fine cracks outside the marginal zone, usually flat and angular, whitish grey to pale grey brown, dull, forming up to 15 cm wide patches. Cortex rather thick; medulla white, I-. Apothecia lecideine, black, slightly constricted at base, (0.7-)1-2.5(-3) mm across, with a black, flat to slightly convex, sometimes pruinose disc, and a thin, sometimes finally excluded proper margin. Proper exciple blackish brown in outer part, almost colourless within, with many crystals, C+ red; epithecium olive-green to olive-brown; hymenium colourless; paraphyses simple to branched and anastomosing, 1.5-2 µm thick at mid-level, gradually expanded upwards, the apical cells 3-5 µm wide; hypothecium dark brown to almost black. 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 to narrowly ellipsoid, (8-)10-16(-20) x (4-)5-7(-9) µm. Pycnidia immersed. Conidia cylindrical. Photobiont chlorococcoid. Spot tests; thallus K-, C+ red, KC+ red, P-, UV-. Chemistry: gyrophoric acid and variable amounts of lecanoric acid.
Growth form: Crustose
Substrata: rocks
Photobiont: green algae other than Trentepohlia
Reproductive strategy: mainly sexual

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

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Andrea Moro CC BY-SA 4.0; Owner: Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste
Italy, Lazio, Roma, Tusculum


Leif Stridvall - Source: http://www.stridvall.se/la/galleries.php . Courtesy: A. Stridvall


Harrie Sipman – Source http://www.bgbm.fu-berlin.de/sipman/Zschackia/AegeanLichens/CaloplacaAC.htm - As Caloplaca oasis


Andrea Moro; Owner: Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste
Italy, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Trieste, Trieste, Conconello
14/02/2017


Andrea Moro; Owner: Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste
Italy, Lazio, Roma, Ruines of ancient Tusculum, above Frascati
18/03/2017


Andrea Moro; Owner: Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste
Italy, Lazio, Roma, Ruines of ancient Tusculum, above Frascati
18/03/2017


Andrea Moro; Owner: Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste
Italy, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Trieste, Trieste, Conconello
14/02/2017


Andrea Moro; Owner: Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste
Italy, Lazio, Roma, Ruines of ancient Tusculum, above Frascati
18/03/2017


Andrea Moro CC BY-SA 4.0; Owner: Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste
Italy, Lazio, Roma, Tusculum


Bernard Bouffinier - Source: http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=568&lang=en
France, Cranou


Bernard Bouffinier - Source: http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=568&lang=en
France, Ile de Tudy


Bernard Bouffinier - Source: http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=568&lang=en
France, Cranou


Bernard Bouffinier - Source: http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=568&lang=en
France, Roc'h an Daol


Bernard Bouffinier - Source: http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=568&lang=en
France, Hôpital-Camfrout


Bernard Bouffinier - Source: http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=568&lang=en
France, Hôpital-Camfrout


Bernard Bouffinier - Source: http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=568&lang=en
France, Hôpital-Camfrout


Bernard Bouffinier - Source: http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=568&lang=en
France, Roc'h an Daol


Bernard Bouffinier - Source: http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=568&lang=en
France, Roc'h an Daol


Bernard Bouffinier - Source: http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=568&lang=en
France, Roc'h an Daol


Bernard Bouffinier - Source: http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=568&lang=en
France, Roc'h an Daol


Bernard Bouffinier - Source: http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=568&lang=en
France, Cranou


Ulrich Kirschbaum CC BY-SA 4.0 - Source: https://www.thm.de/lse/ulrich-kirschbaum/flechtenbilder
Central Europe; Germany: Hesse.


Felix Schumm - CC BY-SA 4.0
[ABL79351], Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, Cangaçu, Florida , on exposed siliceous rock. 31°04'38'' S, 52°37'28'' W, 245 m. Leg. A. Aptroot (no 79351), 16 July 2019, det. A. Aptroot 2019.- Thallus grey, K-, C+ red (gyrophoric acid, ± lecanoric acid), P-. Spores 7-17 x 3.5- 10 μm.


Felix Schumm - CC BY-SA 4.0
[761], Germany, Baden-Würtemberg, Kreis Göppingen, Göppingen, an Friedhofsmauern bei der Oberhofenkirche, TK: 7323. Leg. F. Schumm, 21.08.1970, det. O. Klement, 1970. - Thallus P-, C+ rot.


Felix Schumm - CC BY-SA 4.0
[761], Germany, Baden-Würtemberg, Kreis Göppingen, Göppingen, an Friedhofsmauern bei der Oberhofenkirche, TK: 7323. Leg. F. Schumm, 21.08.1970, det. O. Klement, 1970. - Thallus P-, C+ rot.


Felix Schumm - CC BY-SA 4.0
[2851], Germany, Rheinland-Pfalz, Kreis Bad Kreuznach, Nahetal bei Kirn, nordexponierte Geröllhalde des Hellberges, auf Basalt/Melaphyr, ca. 250 m, TK: 6210,. Leg. Blaufuß, 24.10.1977 (Nr. 34), det. V. Wirth, 1981. - Thallus K-, P-,J-, C+ rot, KC + orange.


Felix Schumm - CC BY-SA 4.0
[2851], Germany, Rheinland-Pfalz, Kreis Bad Kreuznach, Nahetal bei Kirn, nordexponierte Geröllhalde des Hellberges, auf Basalt/Melaphyr, ca. 250 m, TK: 6210,. Leg. Blaufuß, 24.10.1977 (Nr. 34), det. V. Wirth, 1981. - Thallus K-, P-,J-, C+ rot, KC + orange.


Felix Schumm - CC BY-SA 4.0
[ABL79351], Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, Cangaçu, Florida , on exposed siliceous rock. 31°04'38'' S, 52°37'28'' W, 245 m. Leg. A. Aptroot (no 79351), 16 July 2019, det. A. Aptroot 2019.- Thallus grey, K-, C+ red (gyrophoric acid, ± lecanoric acid), P-. Spores 7-17 x 3.5- 10 μm.


Collezione lichenologica Abramo Massalongo del Museo di Storia Naturale G. Ligabue di Venezia - Autori: Seggi, Linda; Trabucco, Raffaella Proprietà: Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia - CC BY-NC
Italy, Veneto, in M. Bolca
as Psora fumosa v. grisella