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Acarospora freyi H. Magn.

Svensk Bot. Tidskr., 18: 334, 1924.

Synonyms: Acarospora discreta sensu Bagl. & Carestia non (Ach.) Th.Fr.; Acarospora impressula var. freyi (H. Magn.) Clauzade & Cl. Roux; Acarospora smaragdula var. foveolata Bagl. & Carestia

Distribution: N - Lomb (Anzi, Lich. rar. Langob. exs. 563), Piem (Morisi & Sereno 1995, Isocrono & al. 2004), VA (Piervittori & Isocrono 1999). C - Tosc. S - Bas (Nascimbene & al. 2021), Cal (Nascimbene & al. 2021).

Description: Thallus crustose, episubstratic, dark brown to black, consisting of 0.5-1.5 mm wide, contiguous, convex areoles, the marginal ones often slightly elongate and radiating, forming up to 2 cm wide patches on the thalli of Aspicilia candida and A. polychroma. Cortex dark brown in upper part, colourless in lower part, 15-25(-35) µm thick; algal layer more or less continuous, 50-150 µm thick; medulla white, very thick, of thick-walled hyphae. Apothecia lecanorine, 0.2-0.5 mm across, of very different shapes on the same thallus (rounded, elongate, angular), immersed, several per areole, with an initially punctiform, then slightly expanded, smooth, concave disc concolorous with thallus, and a thick, prominent thalline margin. Proper exciple indistinct or thin; epithecium brown, c. 15 µm high; hymenium colourless, 60-80(-95) µm high, euamyloid, IKI+ persistently dark blue; paraphyses stout, 2-2.5 µm thick at mid-level, the apical cells up to 3 µm wide; hypothecium colourless, 50-60 µm high. Asci c. 100-spored, clavate, the apical dome K/I-. Ascospores 1-celled, hyaline, ellipsoid to broadly ellipsoid, sometimes subglobose, 3-4(-5.5) x (1.5-)2-3 µm. Photobiont chlorococcoid. Spot tests: cortex and medulla K-, C-, KC-, P-, UV-. Chemistry: without lichen substances.

Note: probably overlooked and more widespread, both in the Alps and in the Apennines, with optimum near and above treeline, this lichen starts the life-cycle on Aspicilia candida and A. polychroma on calciferous rocks which are at least partly decalcified on the surface.

Growth form: Crustose

Substrata: rocks

Photobiont: green algae other than Trentepohlia

Reproductive strategy: mainly sexual

paras Aspicilia candida and A. polychroma

Pioneer species

Commonnes-rarity: (info)

Alpine belt: rare

Subalpine belt: 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

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Poleotolerance:

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Predictive model

Herbarium samples

Index Fungorum GBIF

Serge Poumarat - Source: http://mycologie.catalogne.free.fr/lichenPhoto2021/Acarospora_freyi_5.jpg

Juri Nascimbene - CC BY-SA 4.0

Itslia, Veneto, BL, Vette di Feltre

Juri Nascimbene - CC BY-SA 4.0

Itslia, Veneto, BL, Vette di Feltre

Juri Nascimbene - CC BY-SA 4.0

Itslia, Veneto, BL, Vette di Feltre