Lecidella euphorea (Flörke) Hertel

in Hawksworth & al., Lichenologist, 12: 107, 1980. Basionym: Lecidea sabuletorum var. euphorea Flörke - Mag. Gesell. naturf. Freunde, Berlin, 2: 311, 1808.
Synonyms: Lecidea dolosa Ach.; Lecidea enteroleuca var. deusta (A. Massal.) Trevis.; Lecidea euphorea (Flörke) Nyl.; Lecidea glomerulosa (DC.) Steud.; Lecidella dolosa (Ach.) Stein; Lecidella glomerulosa (DC.) M. Choisy
Distribution: N - VG, Frl, Ven, TAA, Lomb (Grieco & Groppali 1995), Piem (Piervittori 1998), VA (Piervittori & Isocrono 1999), Emil (Valcuvia & Grieco 1995, Gasparo & Tretiach 1996, Tretiach et al. 2008, Fariselli & al. 2020), Lig (Putortì & al. 1999b). C - Tosc (Loppi & De Dominicis 1996, Loppi & al. 1997b), Laz, Abr (Gheza & al. 2021, Di Nuzzo & al. 2021, Vallese & al. 2022), Sar (Zedda 2002b, Cossu 2013). S - Camp (Garofalo & al. 2010), Cal, Si.
Description: Thallus crustose, episubstratic, continuous to verrucose, usually up to 1.5 mm thick, whitish to yellowish grey, delimited by a dark prothallus. Apothecia common, lecideine, black (brown in old or damaged specimens), sessile, 0.7-1.2 mm across, with a flat to finally convex disc and a smooth to flexuose, often shiny, finally excluded proper margin. Proper exciple up to 0.1 mm thick, blue-green in outer part, colourless within, without crystals; epithecium blackish green, bluish green to dull grey-blue, rarely olive, often with crystals; hymenium colourless, 60-70(-100) µm high, not inspersed with oil droplets; paraphyses easily made free in K, simple, rarely anastomosing or branched in upper part, not capitate; hypothecium reddish brown to (rarely) yellowish brown. Asci 8-spored, clavate, with an intensely K/I+ blue tholus penetrated by a faintly amyloid, broadly cylindrical axial mass, and a poorly developed ocular chamber, the wall K/I-, surrounded by a K/I+ blue outer layer, approaching the Lecanora-type. Ascospores 1-celled, hyaline, broadly ellipsoid to ellipsoid, 7-16 x 4.5-10 µm, thick-walled. Pycnidia dark, globose, immersed. Conidia thread-like, more or less curved. Photobiont chlorococcoid. Spot tests: thallus K+ yellow, C- or C+ orange, KC- or KC+ yellow-orange, P-, UV-. Chemistry: 2,5,7-trichloro-3-O-methylnorlichexanthone, 3-O-methylasemone, 3-O-methylthiophanic acid, 5,7-di chloro-3-O-methylnorlichexanthone, atranorin, isoarthothelin, and thiophanic acid.
Note: often considered as a variety or a form of L. elaeochroma, this species proved to form a monophyletic clade in the molecular analysis by Zhao & al. (2015). The negative reactions of the thallus to C and KC cannot be considered as a discriminant character (see Knoph & Leuckert 2004), and samples with negative reactions could prove to belong to the chemically different L. turgidula. Most Italian records are unreliable.
Growth form: Crustose
Substrata: bark
Photobiont: green algae other than Trentepohlia
Reproductive strategy: mainly sexual
Poorly known taxon in need of further study

Commonnes-rarity: (info)

Alpine belt: absent
Subalpine belt: very rare
Oromediterranean belt: extremely rare
Montane belt: rather rare
Submediterranean belt: rare
Padanian area: extremely rare
Humid submediterranean belt: rather rare
Humid mediterranean belt: absent
Dry mediterranean belt: absent

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Predictive model
Herbarium samples


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Felix Schumm - CC BY.SA 4.0
[LIAF_30], Afghanistan, Prov. Paktia, 4 km N Rabat, ca. 10 km S Chamkani an der Straße nach Zambar. 60°47’ E, 33°42.5’ N, 1880 m, auf jungen Stämmen von Sophora griffithii Stocks. Leg M. Steiner (Ste 85), 04.07.1970. LICHENOTHECA AFGHANICA NR. 30



Felix Schumm - CC BY.SA 4.0
[LIAF_30], Afghanistan, Prov. Paktia, 4 km N Rabat, ca. 10 km S Chamkani an der Straße nach Zambar. 60°47’ E, 33°42.5’ N, 1880 m, auf jungen Stämmen von Sophora griffithii Stocks. Leg M. Steiner (Ste 85), 04.07.1970. LICHENOTHECA AFGHANICA NR. 30


Author: André Aptroot. Source: http://www.tropicallichens.net/ CC BY-SA-NC



Felix Schumm - CC BY.SA 4.0
[LIAF_30], Afghanistan, Prov. Paktia, 4 km N Rabat, ca. 10 km S Chamkani an der Straße nach Zambar. 60°47’ E, 33°42.5’ N, 1880 m, auf jungen Stämmen von Sophora griffithii Stocks. Leg M. Steiner (Ste 85), 04.07.1970. LICHENOTHECA AFGHANICA NR. 30



Felix Schumm - CC BY.SA 4.0
[LIAF_30], Afghanistan, Prov. Paktia, 4 km N Rabat, ca. 10 km S Chamkani an der Straße nach Zambar. 60°47’ E, 33°42.5’ N, 1880 m, auf jungen Stämmen von Sophora griffithii Stocks. Leg M. Steiner (Ste 85), 04.07.1970. LICHENOTHECA AFGHANICA NR. 30



Felix Schumm - CC BY.SA 4.0
[LIAF_30], Afghanistan, Prov. Paktia, 4 km N Rabat, ca. 10 km S Chamkani an der Straße nach Zambar. 60°47’ E, 33°42.5’ N, 1880 m, auf jungen Stämmen von Sophora griffithii Stocks. Leg M. Steiner (Ste 85), 04.07.1970. LICHENOTHECA AFGHANICA NR. 30



Felix Schumm - CC BY.SA 4.0
[LIAF_30], Afghanistan, Prov. Paktia, 4 km N Rabat, ca. 10 km S Chamkani an der Straße nach Zambar. 60°47’ E, 33°42.5’ N, 1880 m, auf jungen Stämmen von Sophora griffithii Stocks. Leg M. Steiner (Ste 85), 04.07.1970. LICHENOTHECA AFGHANICA NR. 30



Felix Schumm - CC BY.SA 4.0
[LIAF_30], Afghanistan, Prov. Paktia, 4 km N Rabat, ca. 10 km S Chamkani an der Straße nach Zambar. 60°47’ E, 33°42.5’ N, 1880 m, auf jungen Stämmen von Sophora griffithii Stocks. Leg M. Steiner (Ste 85), 04.07.1970. LICHENOTHECA AFGHANICA NR. 30



Felix Schumm - CC BY.SA 4.0
[LIAF_30], Afghanistan, Prov. Paktia, 4 km N Rabat, ca. 10 km S Chamkani an der Straße nach Zambar. 60°47’ E, 33°42.5’ N, 1880 m, auf jungen Stämmen von Sophora griffithii Stocks. Leg M. Steiner (Ste 85), 04.07.1970. LICHENOTHECA AFGHANICA NR. 30



Felix Schumm - CC BY.SA 4.0
[LIAF_30], Afghanistan, Prov. Paktia, 4 km N Rabat, ca. 10 km S Chamkani an der Straße nach Zambar. 60°47’ E, 33°42.5’ N, 1880 m, auf jungen Stämmen von Sophora griffithii Stocks. Leg M. Steiner (Ste 85), 04.07.1970. LICHENOTHECA AFGHANICA NR. 30



Felix Schumm - CC BY.SA 4.0
[LIAF_30], Afghanistan, Prov. Paktia, 4 km N Rabat, ca. 10 km S Chamkani an der Straße nach Zambar. 60°47’ E, 33°42.5’ N, 1880 m, auf jungen Stämmen von Sophora griffithii Stocks. Leg M. Steiner (Ste 85), 04.07.1970. LICHENOTHECA AFGHANICA NR. 30



Felix Schumm - CC BY.SA 4.0
[LIAF_30], Afghanistan, Prov. Paktia, 4 km N Rabat, ca. 10 km S Chamkani an der Straße nach Zambar. 60°47’ E, 33°42.5’ N, 1880 m, auf jungen Stämmen von Sophora griffithii Stocks. Leg M. Steiner (Ste 85), 04.07.1970. LICHENOTHECA AFGHANICA NR. 30



Felix Schumm - CC BY.SA 4.0
[LIAF_30], Afghanistan, Prov. Paktia, 4 km N Rabat, ca. 10 km S Chamkani an der Straße nach Zambar. 60°47’ E, 33°42.5’ N, 1880 m, auf jungen Stämmen von Sophora griffithii Stocks. Leg M. Steiner (Ste 85), 04.07.1970. LICHENOTHECA AFGHANICA NR. 30



Felix Schumm - CC BY.SA 4.0
[LIAF_30], Afghanistan, Prov. Paktia, 4 km N Rabat, ca. 10 km S Chamkani an der Straße nach Zambar. 60°47’ E, 33°42.5’ N, 1880 m, auf jungen Stämmen von Sophora griffithii Stocks. Leg M. Steiner (Ste 85), 04.07.1970. LICHENOTHECA AFGHANICA NR. 30



Felix Schumm - CC BY.SA 4.0
[LIAF_30], Afghanistan, Prov. Paktia, 4 km N Rabat, ca. 10 km S Chamkani an der Straße nach Zambar. 60°47’ E, 33°42.5’ N, 1880 m, auf jungen Stämmen von Sophora griffithii Stocks. Leg M. Steiner (Ste 85), 04.07.1970. LICHENOTHECA AFGHANICA NR. 30



Felix Schumm - CC BY.SA 4.0
[LIAF_30], Afghanistan, Prov. Paktia, 4 km N Rabat, ca. 10 km S Chamkani an der Straße nach Zambar. 60°47’ E, 33°42.5’ N, 1880 m, auf jungen Stämmen von Sophora griffithii Stocks. Leg M. Steiner (Ste 85), 04.07.1970. LICHENOTHECA AFGHANICA NR. 30



Felix Schumm - CC BY.SA 4.0
[LIAF_30], Afghanistan, Prov. Paktia, 4 km N Rabat, ca. 10 km S Chamkani an der Straße nach Zambar. 60°47’ E, 33°42.5’ N, 1880 m, auf jungen Stämmen von Sophora griffithii Stocks. Leg M. Steiner (Ste 85), 04.07.1970. LICHENOTHECA AFGHANICA NR. 30



Felix Schumm - CC BY.SA 4.0
[LIAF_30], Afghanistan, Prov. Paktia, 4 km N Rabat, ca. 10 km S Chamkani an der Straße nach Zambar. 60°47’ E, 33°42.5’ N, 1880 m, auf jungen Stämmen von Sophora griffithii Stocks. Leg M. Steiner (Ste 85), 04.07.1970. LICHENOTHECA AFGHANICA NR. 30



Felix Schumm - CC BY.SA 4.0
[LIAF_30], Afghanistan, Prov. Paktia, 4 km N Rabat, ca. 10 km S Chamkani an der Straße nach Zambar. 60°47’ E, 33°42.5’ N, 1880 m, auf jungen Stämmen von Sophora griffithii Stocks. Leg M. Steiner (Ste 85), 04.07.1970. LICHENOTHECA AFGHANICA NR. 30



Felix Schumm - CC BY.SA 4.0
[LIAF_30], Afghanistan, Prov. Paktia, 4 km N Rabat, ca. 10 km S Chamkani an der Straße nach Zambar. 60°47’ E, 33°42.5’ N, 1880 m, auf jungen Stämmen von Sophora griffithii Stocks. Leg M. Steiner (Ste 85), 04.07.1970. LICHENOTHECA AFGHANICA NR. 30



Felix Schumm - CC BY.SA 4.0
[LIAF_30], Afghanistan, Prov. Paktia, 4 km N Rabat, ca. 10 km S Chamkani an der Straße nach Zambar. 60°47’ E, 33°42.5’ N, 1880 m, auf jungen Stämmen von Sophora griffithii Stocks. Leg M. Steiner (Ste 85), 04.07.1970. LICHENOTHECA AFGHANICA NR. 30



Felix Schumm - CC BY.SA 4.0
[LIAF_30], Afghanistan, Prov. Paktia, 4 km N Rabat, ca. 10 km S Chamkani an der Straße nach Zambar. 60°47’ E, 33°42.5’ N, 1880 m, auf jungen Stämmen von Sophora griffithii Stocks. Leg M. Steiner (Ste 85), 04.07.1970. LICHENOTHECA AFGHANICA NR. 30


Deborah Isocrono
Italy, on Fraxinus excelsior, Oyace, Aosta Valley, 1090 m HB Isocrono
crystals in apothecia; left: white light - right: polarized light


Courtesy Danièle et Olivier Gonnet - Source: https://www.afl-lichenologie.fr/Photos_AFL/Photos_AFL_L/Texte_L_3/Lecidella_elaeo_eupho.htm
France, Mont Cenis - Vanoise - Savoie
19/11/2014


Courtesy Danièle et Olivier Gonnet - Source: https://www.afl-lichenologie.fr/Photos_AFL/Photos_AFL_L/Texte_L_3/Lecidella_elaeo_eupho.htm
France, Mont Cenis - Vanoise - Savoie
19/11/2014


Courtesy Danièle et Olivier Gonnet - Source: https://www.afl-lichenologie.fr/Photos_AFL/Photos_AFL_L/Texte_L_3/Lecidella_elaeo_eupho.htm
France, Mont Cenis - Vanoise - Savoie
19/11/2014


Courtesy Danièle et Olivier Gonnet - Source: https://www.afl-lichenologie.fr/Photos_AFL/Photos_AFL_L/Texte_L_3/Lecidella_elaeo_eupho.htm
France, Mont Cenis - Vanoise - Savoie
19/11/2014


Courtesy Danièle et Olivier Gonnet - Source: https://www.afl-lichenologie.fr/Photos_AFL/Photos_AFL_L/Texte_L_3/Lecidella_elaeo_eupho.htm
France, Mont Cenis - Vanoise - Savoie
19/11/2014


Bernard Bouffinier - Source: http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=1314&lang=en
France, Crozon


Bernard Bouffinier - Source: http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=1314&lang=en
France, Crozon


Bernard Bouffinier - Source: http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=1314&lang=en
France, Crozon


Bernard Bouffinier - Source: http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=1314&lang=en
France, Crozon


Bernard Bouffinier - Source: http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=1314&lang=en
France, Crozon
on Malus


Bernard Bouffinier - Source: http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=1314&lang=en
France, Crozon
on Malus