Lichenomphalia ericetorum (Pers.) Voitk, Thorn & I. Saar

Mycotaxon, 137, 4: 658, 2022. Basionym: Agaricus ericetorum Pers. - Observ. Mycol., 1: 50, 1796.
Synonyms: Agaricus chrysoleucus Pers.; Agaricus pseudoandrosaceus Bull.; Agaricus umbelliferus var. myochrous Fr.; Botrydina botryoides (L.) Redhead & Kuyper; Botrydina vulgaris Bréb. p.p.; Gerronema ericetorum (Pers.) Singer; Lepra botryoides (L.) F.H. Wigg.; Lichenomphalia umbellifera auct.; Omphalia pseudoandrosacea (Bull.) Sacc.; Omphalia umbellifera auct.; Omphalia umbellifera var. chrysoleuca (Pers.) Rea; Omphalina ericetorum (Pers.) M. Lange; Omphalina fulvopallens P.D. Orton; Omphalina pseudoandrosacea (Bull.) M.M. Moser non auct.; Omphalina umbellifera auct.
Distribution: N - Frl (Tretiach & Hafellner 2000), Ven (Onofri & al. 2013), TAA, Lomb (Onofri & al. 2013), Piem (Onofri & al. 2013, Cirlincione & al. 2022), Emil (Passerini 1871, Onofri & al. 2013, Fariselli & al. 2020), Lig (Zotti & Orsino 2001, Onofri & al. 2013). C - Tosc (Barluzzi & al. 1996, Salerni & al. 1998, Perini & al. 2002, Onofri & al. 2013), Sar (Onofri & al. 2013). S - Cal (Puntillo 1996).
Description: Thallus crustose, episubstratic, forming a soft, gelatinous (when wet), dark green film made of minute spherical granules consisting of clumps of algal cells incompletely surrounded by thick-walled hyphae. Hyphae and cortical cells of granules unthickened, the walls rarely >1 µm thick. Clamp connections absent in all hyphae. Basidiocarps not lichenized, with a 0.5-2.5 cm wide, at first convex, then flattened to omphaloid, pale brown-yellowish to yellow-ochraceous cap tinged brown-red towards the centre (rarely fading to almost white), with sinuous, striate margins, thick, whitish to cream-coloured, broadly decurrent lamellae, and a terete, often curved, 1-3 cm high, 1-3 mm thick, brown-reddish stipe tinged lilac near apex and yellow-ochraceous towards the base, often minutely white-tomentose in upper part. Basidia clavate, with 1-4 sterigmata. Basidiospores 1-celled, hyaline, ellipsoid, 6.5-10(-12) x 5-8 µm, thin-walled, I-. Photobiont chlorococcoid (Coccomyxa). Spot tests: all negative. Chemistry: thallus without lichen substances.
Note: on acid organic soil and rotting wood, ecologically similar to L. hudsoniana, but rarer above treeline.
Growth form: Crustose
Substrata: lignum, soil, terricolous mosses, and plant debris
Photobiont: green algae other than Trentepohlia
Reproductive strategy: mainly sexual

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

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Predictive model
Herbarium samples

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P.L. Nimis; Owner: Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste
Herbarium: TSB (26481)
2002/07/11
lichenized thallus



P.L. Nimis; Owner: Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste
Herbarium: TSB (26481)
2002/07/11
lichenized thallus


Helena Rodriguez
Spain, Galicia, Peña Trevinca
06.2019


Helena Rodriguez
Spain, Galicia, Peña Trevinca
06.2019


Courtesy Danièle et Olivier Gonnet - Source: https://www.afl-lichenologie.fr/Photos_AFL/Photos_AFL_L/Lichenomphalia_umbellifera.htm
France, tourbière, session AFL 2005 en Lozère - 48 - sauf photos de JL Martin - Norvège


Courtesy Danièle et Olivier Gonnet - Source: https://www.afl-lichenologie.fr/Photos_AFL/Photos_AFL_L/Lichenomphalia_umbellifera.htm
France, tourbière, session AFL 2005 en Lozère - 48 - sauf photos de JL Martin - Norvège


Bernard Clesse - Source: http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=896&lang=en
Belgium
on Sphagnum


Bernard Clesse - Source: http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=896&lang=en
Belgium
on Sphagnum


Bernard Clesse - Source: http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=896&lang=en
Belgium
on Sphagnum


Bernard Clesse - Source: http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=896&lang=en
Belgium
on Sphagnum


Bernard Clesse - Source: http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=896&lang=en
Belgium
on Sphagnum


Bernard Clesse - Source: http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=480&lang=en
Belgium
on Sphagnum


Bernard Clesse - Source: http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=480&lang=en
Belgium


Bernard Clesse - Source: http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=480&lang=en
Belgium


Bernard Clesse - Source: http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=480&lang=en
Belgium


Pierre Dechaume - Source: http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=480&lang=en
France, Autun


Pierre Dechaume - Source: http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=480&lang=en
France, Autun


Pierre Dechaume - Source: http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=480&lang=en
France, Autun


Pierre Dechaume - Source: http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=480&lang=en
France, Autun


Albert Grobelny - Source: http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=480&lang=en
France, Vosges


Albert Grobelny - Source: http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=480&lang=en
France, Vosges


Jacques Haine - Source: http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=480&lang=en
France, Ardennes