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Lichenomphalia alpina (Britzelm.) Redhead, Lutzoni, Moncalvo & Vilgalys

Mycotaxon, 83: 36, 2002. Basionym: Agaricus alpinus Britzelm. - Ber. naturhist. Ver. Augsburg 30: 13, 1890.

Synonyms: Botrydina luteovitellina (Pilát & Nannf.) Redhead & Kuyper; Botrydina vulgaris Bréb. p.p.; Cantharellus dovrefjeldiensis Henn. & Kirschst.; Gerronema alpinum (Britzelm.) Bresinsky & Stangl; Gerronema luteovitellinum (Pilát & Nannf.) Singer; Omphalia alpina (Britzelm.) Sacc.; Omphalia flava (Cooke) F.H. Møller; Omphalia luteovitellina Pilát & Nannf.; Omphalia umbellifera var. citrina (Quél.) Sacc.; Omphalina alpina (Britzelm.) Bresinsky & Stangl; Omphalina flava (Cooke) M. Lange; Omphalina luteovitellina (Pilát & Nannf.) M. Lange

Distribution: N - TAA (Nascimbene & al. 2007, 2022).

Description: Thallus crustose, episubstratic, forming a soft, gelatinous (when wet), green to dark green film made of spherical granules consisting of clumps of algal cells incompletely surrounded by appressed pseudoparenchymatous hyphae. Hyphae and cortical cells of granules more or less thickened, the walls 1-1.5 µm. Clamp connections absent in all hyphae. Basidiocarps not lichenized, with a 0.5-1.5 cm wide, bright yellow to orange-yellow, omphaloid, marginally striate cap, concolorous or slightly paler, decurrent, veined and sometimes forked lamellae, and a 1-1.5 cm high, 1.5-2.5 mm thick stipe which is more or less concolorous with cap, and pubescent throughout. Basidia clavate, mostly with 4 sterigmata (rarely with 1 or 2 sterigmata). Basidiospores 1-celled, hyaline, ellipsoid, 6.5-9.5 x 3.5-4.5 µm, thin-walled. Photobiont chlorococcoid (Coccomyxa). Spot tests: all negative. Chemistry: thallus without lichen substances.

Note: a basidiolichen of acid organic soil, most common around treeline; perhaps more widespread in the Alps but overlooked by lichenologists.

Growth form: Crustose

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

Photobiont: green algae other than Trentepohlia

Reproductive strategy: mainly sexual

Commonnes-rarity: (info)

Alpine belt: extremely rare

Subalpine belt: very rare

Oromediterranean belt: absent

Montane belt: absent

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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Solar irradiation:

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Eutrophication:

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Poleotolerance:

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Altitudinal distribution:

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Predictive model

Index Fungorum GBIF

Einar Timdal - Source: http://nhm2.uio.no/lav/web/index.html - CC BY-NC

Author: Edler Soto Medina. Source: http://www.tropicallichens.net/ CC BY-SA-NC