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Lepraria neglecta (Nyl.) Erichsen

Flechtenfl. Nordwestdeutschl.: 394, 1957. Basionym: Lecidea neglecta Nyl. - Not. Sällsk. Fauna Fl. Fenn. Förh., 4: 233, 1859.

Synonyms: Crocynia neglecta (Nyl.) Hue; Lecidella neglecta (Nyl.) Stein

Distribution: N - TAA (Kümmerling & al. 1993, Nascimbene & al. 2022), Lomb, Piem (Morisi & Sereno 1995, Baruffo & al. 2006, Isocrono & al. 2003b, 2006), VA (Piervittori & Isocrono 1997), Emil (Baruffo & al. 2006, Fariselli & al. 2020).

Description: Thallus crustose to subleprose, whitish to whitish grey, often somehow darker in the centre, usually well-delimited and sometimes obscurely lobed, entirely consisting in a compact mass of convex, rather firmly attached granules. The thallus starts developing as isolated, dispersed granules that form piles, or aggregations (best visible along the margins, where the dispersion of the young granules is most readily observed) which eventually overlap and become confluent, giving the false appearance of a continuous thallus in older areas. Granules 80-150(-200) μm in diam., sometimes grouped into larger, up to 300 μm wide aggregates, pseudocorticate, the surface compact, without projecting hyphae. Medulla greyish white, rarely exposed, the hyphae 2-5 μm thick, covered in places with small, colourless crystals. Photobiont chlorococcoid, the cells up to 17 μm wide. Spot tests: K- or K+ yellowish, C- or C+ reddish orange, KC+ reddish orange to orange-pink, P+ lemon yellow, UV-. Chemistry: alectorialic and roccellic/angardianic acids.

Note: a mainly arctic-alpine lichen found on moss cushions and stony siliceous ground on surfaces wetted by rain, mostly in snow-beds near or above treeline, reaching the nival belt in the Alps. Earlier records from Sardinia are dubious (Baruffo & al. 2006).

Growth form: Leprose

Substrata: rocks, soil, terricolous mosses, and plant debris

Photobiont: green algae other than Trentepohlia

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

Commonnes-rarity: (info)

Alpine belt: very common

Subalpine belt: common

Oromediterranean belt: extremely rare

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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Predictive model

Herbarium samples

Index Fungorum GBIF

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

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