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Lecanora caesiosora Poelt

Denkschr. Regensb. Bot. Gs., 26: 82, 1966.

Synonyms: Lecanora cenisia var. soredians Suza; Lecanora soralifera H. Magn. non (Suza) Räsänen

Distribution: N - TAA (Nascimbene & al. 2022), Piem.

Description: Thallus crustose, episubstratic, white, grey or brownish grey, rimose or consisting of more or less contiguous, sorediate, convex areoles, rarely delimited by a pale prothallus. Soralia (0.5-)1-2(-3) mm wide, slightly to strongly convex, whitish, yellowish white or greenish yellow, rarely pale bluish grey, with farinose, (15-)20-25(-40) μm thick soredia. Apothecia rare, lecanorine, 0.5-0.8(-1) mm across, with a dark brown to black, often slightly pruinose disc, and a persistent, smooth, sometimes sorediate thalline margin. Thalline exciple rich in algae, with large crystals visible under polarized light, rarely without crystals; epithecium brown, with coarse crystals visible under polarized light; hymenium colourless, 45-65 μm high; paraphyses coherent, c. 1.5 μm thick at mid-level, the apical cells slightly swollen, to 2 μm wide; hypothecium colourless. Asci 8-spored, broadly clavate, very thin-walled, with a K/I+ blue, tall tholus penetrated by a faintly amyloid apical cushion, the wall K/I-, surrounded by a blue outer layer, Lecanora-type. Ascospores 1-celled, hyaline, ellipsoid, 11-15 x (6-)7-9 μm. Pycnidia black, immersed. Conidia curved, 20-25 μm long. Photobiont chlorococcoid. Spot tests: thallus and soredia K+ yellow, C-, KC-, P- or P+ yellowish, UV-. Chemistry: atranorin, chloratranorin, plus variable amounts of roccellic and nephrosteranic acid.

Note: on hard siliceous rocks in upland areas; very much overlooked, but certainly not common.

Growth form: Crustose

Substrata: rocks

Photobiont: green algae other than Trentepohlia

Reproductive strategy: mainly asexual, by soredia, or soredia-like structures (e.g. blastidia)

Species of metal-rich rocks

Commonnes-rarity: (info)

Alpine belt: absent

Subalpine belt: very rare

Oromediterranean belt: absent

Montane belt: very rare

Submediterranean belt: absent

Padanian area: absent

Humid submediterranean belt: absent

Humid mediterranean belt: absent

Dry mediterranean belt: absent

pH of the substrata:

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Poleotolerance:

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Altitudinal distribution:

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Predictive model

Index Fungorum GBIF

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

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