Aspicilia cinerea (L.) Körb.
Syst. Lich. Germ.: 164, 1855. Basionym: Lichen cinereus L. - Mantissa Pl.: 132, 1767.
Synonyms: Aspicilia angelorum B. de Lesd.; Aspicilia cinerea var. alba (Schaer.) Anzi; Aspicilia cinerea var. vulgaris Schaer.; Aspicilia cinerea var. vulgaris Schaer. f. lignicola Anzi; Aspicilia depressa (Ach.) Anzi; Aspicilia gibbosa var. lignicola (Anzi) Bagl. & Carestia; Aspicilia polygonia (Vill.) A. Massal.; Lecanora cinerea (L.) Sommerf.; Lecanora excipularis H. Magn. nomen sed non planta; Lecanora illimata (Wahlenb.) Ach.; Lecanora protrudens Malme?; Parmelia cinerea (L.) Hepp; Sagedia depressa Ach.; Urceolaria cinerea (L.) Ach.
Description: Thallus crustose, episubstratic, 0.3-0.6(-1) mm thick, areolate, sometimes rimose at the edge, forming up to 10 cm wide patches. Areoles contiguous, separated by distinct cracks, angular or irregular, flat to slightly convex, 0.3-1.3(-2.5) mm wide, pale grey to ash-grey, sometimes with a brownish tinge, often developing on a dark hypothallus. Cortex paraplectenchymatous, covered with an epinecral layer, with crystals soluble in K but not in N, that of the apothecial margins usually brown (Subdepressa-brown pigment, K-, disappearing in N). Apothecia lecanorine-aspicilioid, (0.1-)0.3-1(-2) mm wide, immersed, 1-2(-5) per areole, often confluent, round to angular or almost linear, with a black, usually concave to flat, smooth, epruinose or faintly pruinose disc, and a level to slightly raised thalline margin, often with a darker annular zone. Epithecium grey-green to olive-brown, N+ emerald green, K+ brown; hymenium colourless, I+ persistently blue, 70-120 µm high; paraphyses simple or sparingly branched and anastomosing, 1.5-2 µm thick at base, moniliform in upper part, the uppermost cells globose, 3-5 µm wide; hypothecium colourless, I+ persistently blue, not subtended by an algal layer. Asci 8-spored, clavate, the thin outer coat K/I+ blue, the wall and apical dome K/I-. Ascospores 1-celled, hyaline, ellipsoid, (10-)12-22(-25) x 6.5-12(-14) µm. Pycnidia immersed, pyriform, with a black, punctiform ostiole. Conidia thread-like, straight, (10-)12-20(-25) x (0.5-)0.8-1(-1.5) µm. Spot tests: cortex and medulla K+ yellow turning red (needle-like crystals), C-, KC-, P+ yellow-orange. Chemistry: norstictic acid, sometimes with traces of connorstictic acid.
Growth form: Crustose
Photobiont: green algae other than Trentepohlia
Reproductive strategy: mainly sexual
Poorly known taxon in need of further study
Commonnes-rarity: (info)
Alpine belt: very common
Subalpine belt: extremely common
Montane belt: rather common
Dry submediterranean belt: rare
Humid submediterranean belt: rare
Padanian area: extremely rare
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
Current prediction (1981-2010)
Future prediction (2071-2100) SSP 1-2.6
Future prediction (2071-2100) SSP 5-8.5Predictive maps according to Francesconi et al. 2025
Leif Stridvall - Source: http://www.stridvall.se/la/galleries.php (Courtesy: Anita Stridvall)
P.L. Nimis; Owner: Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste
Herbarium: TSB (33551)
2001/12/09
Andres Saag; Owner: University of Tartu
Andres Saag; Owner: University of Tartu
Juri Nascimbene - CC BY-SA 4.0
Italy, Trentino-Alto Adige, Bolzano/Bozen, Sciliar/Schlern
Juri Nascimbene - CC BY-SA 4.0
Italy, Trentino-Alto Adige, Bolzano/Bozen, Sciliar/Schlern
Juri Nascimbene - CC BY-SA 4.0
Italy, Trentino-Alto Adige, Bolzano/Bozen, Sciliar/Schlern
Juri Nascimbene - CC BY-SA 4.0
Italy, Trentino-Alto Adige, Bolzano/Bozen, Sciliar/Schlern
Felix Schumm – CC BY-SA 4.0
[8655], Portugal, Madeira, Porto Novo südlich von Gaula, 32°39.775’ N, 16°48.781’ W, 19 m, trockene, sonnige, küstennahe Lavafelsen. Leg. Schumm 16.04.2001, det. Schumm, 2013, conf. Aptroot
Felix Schumm – CC BY-SA 4.0
[8655], Portugal, Madeira, Porto Novo südlich von Gaula, 32°39.775’ N, 16°48.781’ W, 19 m, trockene, sonnige, küstennahe Lavafelsen. Leg. Schumm 16.04.2001, det. Schumm, 2013, conf. Aptroot
Felix Schumm – CC BY-SA 4.0
[8655], Portugal, Madeira, Porto Novo südlich von Gaula, 32°39.775’ N, 16°48.781’ W, 19 m, trockene, sonnige, küstennahe Lavafelsen. Leg. Schumm 16.04.2001, det. Schumm, 2013, conf. Aptroot
Felix Schumm – CC BY-SA 4.0
[8655], Portugal, Madeira, Porto Novo südlich von Gaula, 32°39.775’ N, 16°48.781’ W, 19 m, trockene, sonnige, küstennahe Lavafelsen. Leg. Schumm 16.04.2001, det. Schumm, 2013, conf. Aptroot
Felix Schumm – CC BY-SA 4.0
[8655], Portugal, Madeira, Porto Novo südlich von Gaula, 32°39.775’ N, 16°48.781’ W, 19 m, trockene, sonnige, küstennahe Lavafelsen. Leg. Schumm 16.04.2001, det. Schumm, 2013, conf. Aptroot
Felix Schumm – CC BY-SA 4.0
[8655], Portugal, Madeira, Porto Novo südlich von Gaula, 32°39.775’ N, 16°48.781’ W, 19 m, trockene, sonnige, küstennahe Lavafelsen. Leg. Schumm 16.04.2001, det. Schumm, 2013, conf. Aptroot
Felix Schumm – CC BY-SA 4.0
[8655], Portugal, Madeira, Porto Novo südlich von Gaula, 32°39.775’ N, 16°48.781’ W, 19 m, trockene, sonnige, küstennahe Lavafelsen. Leg. Schumm 16.04.2001, det. Schumm, 2013, conf. Aptroot
Felix Schumm – CC BY-SA 4.0
[8655], Portugal, Madeira, Porto Novo südlich von Gaula, 32°39.775’ N, 16°48.781’ W, 19 m, trockene, sonnige, küstennahe Lavafelsen. Leg. Schumm 16.04.2001, det. Schumm, 2013, conf. Aptroot
Felix Schumm – CC BY-SA 4.0
[8655], Portugal, Madeira, Porto Novo südlich von Gaula, 32°39.775’ N, 16°48.781’ W, 19 m, trockene, sonnige, küstennahe Lavafelsen. Leg. Schumm 16.04.2001, det. Schumm, 2013, conf. Aptroot
Felix Schumm – CC BY-SA 4.0
[8655], Portugal, Madeira, Porto Novo südlich von Gaula, 32°39.775’ N, 16°48.781’ W, 19 m, trockene, sonnige, küstennahe Lavafelsen. Leg. Schumm 16.04.2001, det. Schumm, 2013, conf. Aptroot
Felix Schumm – CC BY-SA 4.0
[8655], Portugal, Madeira, Porto Novo südlich von Gaula, 32°39.775’ N, 16°48.781’ W, 19 m, trockene, sonnige, küstennahe Lavafelsen. Leg. Schumm 16.04.2001, det. Schumm, 2013, conf. Aptroot
Felix Schumm – CC BY-SA 4.0
[8655], Portugal, Madeira, Porto Novo südlich von Gaula, 32°39.775’ N, 16°48.781’ W, 19 m, trockene, sonnige, küstennahe Lavafelsen. Leg. Schumm 16.04.2001, det. Schumm, 2013, conf. Aptroot
Felix Schumm – CC BY-SA 4.0
[8655], Portugal, Madeira, Porto Novo südlich von Gaula, 32°39.775’ N, 16°48.781’ W, 19 m, trockene, sonnige, küstennahe Lavafelsen. Leg. Schumm 16.04.2001, det. Schumm, 2013, conf. Aptroot
Felix Schumm – CC BY-SA 4.0
[8655], Portugal, Madeira, Porto Novo südlich von Gaula, 32°39.775’ N, 16°48.781’ W, 19 m, trockene, sonnige, küstennahe Lavafelsen. Leg. Schumm 16.04.2001, det. Schumm, 2013, conf. Aptroot
Felix Schumm – CC BY-SA 4.0
[8655], Portugal, Madeira, Porto Novo südlich von Gaula, 32°39.775’ N, 16°48.781’ W, 19 m, trockene, sonnige, küstennahe Lavafelsen. Leg. Schumm 16.04.2001, det. Schumm, 2013, conf. Aptroot
Felix Schumm – CC BY-SA 4.0
[8655], Portugal, Madeira, Porto Novo südlich von Gaula, 32°39.775’ N, 16°48.781’ W, 19 m, trockene, sonnige, küstennahe Lavafelsen. Leg. Schumm 16.04.2001, det. Schumm, 2013, conf. Aptroot
HPTLC in den Laufmitteln A, B’ und C nach Säurebehandlung bei
Tageslicht und 366 nm UV-Langwelle.
1: Start, 4: Position von Norstictinsäure, 7: Position von Atranorin
no: Norstictinsäure
cno: Connrostictinsäure
Leif Stridvall - Source: http://www.stridvall.se/lichens/gallery/
Courtesy: Anita Stridvall
Leif Stridvall - Source: http://www.stridvall.se/lichens/gallery/
Courtesy: Anita Stridvall
Leif Stridvall - Source: http://www.stridvall.se/lichens/gallery/
Courtesy: Anita Stridvall
P.L. Nimis CC BY-SA 04
TSB 36915
P.L. Nimis CC BY-SA 04
TSB 33551
Jacques Haine - Source: http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=587&lang=en
France, Quéras
Jacques Haine - Source: http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=587&lang=en
France, Quéras
Jacques Haine - Source: http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=587&lang=en
France, Quéras
Growth form: Crustose
Photobiont: green algae other than Trentepohlia
Reproductive strategy: mainly sexual
Poorly known taxon in need of further study
Commonnes-rarity: (info)
Alpine belt: very common
Subalpine belt: extremely common
Montane belt: rather common
Dry submediterranean belt: rare
Humid submediterranean belt: rare
Padanian area: extremely rare
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
Current prediction (1981-2010)Future prediction (2071-2100) SSP 1-2.6Future prediction (2071-2100) SSP 5-8.5Predictive maps according to Francesconi et al. 2025
Leif Stridvall - Source: http://www.stridvall.se/la/galleries.php (Courtesy: Anita Stridvall)
P.L. Nimis; Owner: Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste
Herbarium: TSB (33551)
2001/12/09
Andres Saag; Owner: University of Tartu
Andres Saag; Owner: University of Tartu
Juri Nascimbene - CC BY-SA 4.0
Italy, Trentino-Alto Adige, Bolzano/Bozen, Sciliar/Schlern
Juri Nascimbene - CC BY-SA 4.0
Italy, Trentino-Alto Adige, Bolzano/Bozen, Sciliar/Schlern
Juri Nascimbene - CC BY-SA 4.0
Italy, Trentino-Alto Adige, Bolzano/Bozen, Sciliar/Schlern
Juri Nascimbene - CC BY-SA 4.0
Italy, Trentino-Alto Adige, Bolzano/Bozen, Sciliar/Schlern
Felix Schumm – CC BY-SA 4.0
[8655], Portugal, Madeira, Porto Novo südlich von Gaula, 32°39.775’ N, 16°48.781’ W, 19 m, trockene, sonnige, küstennahe Lavafelsen. Leg. Schumm 16.04.2001, det. Schumm, 2013, conf. Aptroot
Felix Schumm – CC BY-SA 4.0
[8655], Portugal, Madeira, Porto Novo südlich von Gaula, 32°39.775’ N, 16°48.781’ W, 19 m, trockene, sonnige, küstennahe Lavafelsen. Leg. Schumm 16.04.2001, det. Schumm, 2013, conf. Aptroot
Felix Schumm – CC BY-SA 4.0
[8655], Portugal, Madeira, Porto Novo südlich von Gaula, 32°39.775’ N, 16°48.781’ W, 19 m, trockene, sonnige, küstennahe Lavafelsen. Leg. Schumm 16.04.2001, det. Schumm, 2013, conf. Aptroot
Felix Schumm – CC BY-SA 4.0
[8655], Portugal, Madeira, Porto Novo südlich von Gaula, 32°39.775’ N, 16°48.781’ W, 19 m, trockene, sonnige, küstennahe Lavafelsen. Leg. Schumm 16.04.2001, det. Schumm, 2013, conf. Aptroot
Felix Schumm – CC BY-SA 4.0
[8655], Portugal, Madeira, Porto Novo südlich von Gaula, 32°39.775’ N, 16°48.781’ W, 19 m, trockene, sonnige, küstennahe Lavafelsen. Leg. Schumm 16.04.2001, det. Schumm, 2013, conf. Aptroot
Felix Schumm – CC BY-SA 4.0
[8655], Portugal, Madeira, Porto Novo südlich von Gaula, 32°39.775’ N, 16°48.781’ W, 19 m, trockene, sonnige, küstennahe Lavafelsen. Leg. Schumm 16.04.2001, det. Schumm, 2013, conf. Aptroot
Felix Schumm – CC BY-SA 4.0
[8655], Portugal, Madeira, Porto Novo südlich von Gaula, 32°39.775’ N, 16°48.781’ W, 19 m, trockene, sonnige, küstennahe Lavafelsen. Leg. Schumm 16.04.2001, det. Schumm, 2013, conf. Aptroot
Felix Schumm – CC BY-SA 4.0
[8655], Portugal, Madeira, Porto Novo südlich von Gaula, 32°39.775’ N, 16°48.781’ W, 19 m, trockene, sonnige, küstennahe Lavafelsen. Leg. Schumm 16.04.2001, det. Schumm, 2013, conf. Aptroot
Felix Schumm – CC BY-SA 4.0
[8655], Portugal, Madeira, Porto Novo südlich von Gaula, 32°39.775’ N, 16°48.781’ W, 19 m, trockene, sonnige, küstennahe Lavafelsen. Leg. Schumm 16.04.2001, det. Schumm, 2013, conf. Aptroot
Felix Schumm – CC BY-SA 4.0
[8655], Portugal, Madeira, Porto Novo südlich von Gaula, 32°39.775’ N, 16°48.781’ W, 19 m, trockene, sonnige, küstennahe Lavafelsen. Leg. Schumm 16.04.2001, det. Schumm, 2013, conf. Aptroot
Felix Schumm – CC BY-SA 4.0
[8655], Portugal, Madeira, Porto Novo südlich von Gaula, 32°39.775’ N, 16°48.781’ W, 19 m, trockene, sonnige, küstennahe Lavafelsen. Leg. Schumm 16.04.2001, det. Schumm, 2013, conf. Aptroot
Felix Schumm – CC BY-SA 4.0
[8655], Portugal, Madeira, Porto Novo südlich von Gaula, 32°39.775’ N, 16°48.781’ W, 19 m, trockene, sonnige, küstennahe Lavafelsen. Leg. Schumm 16.04.2001, det. Schumm, 2013, conf. Aptroot
Felix Schumm – CC BY-SA 4.0
[8655], Portugal, Madeira, Porto Novo südlich von Gaula, 32°39.775’ N, 16°48.781’ W, 19 m, trockene, sonnige, küstennahe Lavafelsen. Leg. Schumm 16.04.2001, det. Schumm, 2013, conf. Aptroot
Felix Schumm – CC BY-SA 4.0
[8655], Portugal, Madeira, Porto Novo südlich von Gaula, 32°39.775’ N, 16°48.781’ W, 19 m, trockene, sonnige, küstennahe Lavafelsen. Leg. Schumm 16.04.2001, det. Schumm, 2013, conf. Aptroot
Felix Schumm – CC BY-SA 4.0
[8655], Portugal, Madeira, Porto Novo südlich von Gaula, 32°39.775’ N, 16°48.781’ W, 19 m, trockene, sonnige, küstennahe Lavafelsen. Leg. Schumm 16.04.2001, det. Schumm, 2013, conf. Aptroot
Felix Schumm – CC BY-SA 4.0
[8655], Portugal, Madeira, Porto Novo südlich von Gaula, 32°39.775’ N, 16°48.781’ W, 19 m, trockene, sonnige, küstennahe Lavafelsen. Leg. Schumm 16.04.2001, det. Schumm, 2013, conf. Aptroot
HPTLC in den Laufmitteln A, B’ und C nach Säurebehandlung bei
Tageslicht und 366 nm UV-Langwelle.
1: Start, 4: Position von Norstictinsäure, 7: Position von Atranorin
no: Norstictinsäure
cno: Connrostictinsäure
Leif Stridvall - Source: http://www.stridvall.se/lichens/gallery/
Courtesy: Anita Stridvall
Leif Stridvall - Source: http://www.stridvall.se/lichens/gallery/
Courtesy: Anita Stridvall
Leif Stridvall - Source: http://www.stridvall.se/lichens/gallery/
Courtesy: Anita Stridvall
P.L. Nimis CC BY-SA 04
TSB 36915
P.L. Nimis CC BY-SA 04
TSB 33551
Jacques Haine - Source: http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=587&lang=en
France, Quéras
Jacques Haine - Source: http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=587&lang=en
France, Quéras
