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Polyozosia perpruinosa Fröberg ex S.Y. Kondr., Lőkös & Farkas

in Kondratyuk & al., Acta Bot. Hung., 61, 1-2: 156, 2019. Basionym: Lecanora perpruinosa Fröberg - Calc. Lich. Öland: 51, 1989.

Synonyms: Myriolecis perpruinosa Śliwa, Zhao Xin & Lumbsch

Distribution: N - Frl (Poelt & Leuckert 1995), TAA (Nascimbene & al. 2006, 2022, Nascimbene 2008b), Lomb (Nascimbene 2006), Piem (TSB 34619), VA, Lig (TSB 33401). C - Marc (Nimis & Tretiach 1999), Abr (Gheza & al. 2021).

Description: Thallus crustose, endosubstratic or thinly episubstratic, whitish to ash-grey, often inconspicuous or developed only around the apothecia. Apothecia lecanorine, usually clustered, sessile, 0.3-0.8 mm across, with a concave to flat, dark brown to black, but heavily bluish-white-pruinose (at least when young) disc, and a smooth, pruinose, pale grey thalline margin. Thalline exciple corticate, 130-140 μm wide, the cortex clearly paraplectenchymatous, greenish and N+ purple in outer and upper parts, filled with granules (visible under polarized light) which are insoluble in K and soluble in N, the medulla rich in algae; proper exciple thin, indistinct; epithecium brown to patchily greenish black, without granules but with a thin epipsamma insoluble in K and soluble in N, the greenish parts N+ purple; hymenium colourless, 70-75 μm high; paraphyses rather thick, mostly simple, submoniliform in upper part, appearing as chains of swollen cells, the apical cells subcapitate; hypothecium colourless or very pale yellow, 70-85 μm high, without granules. Asci 8-spored, elongate-clavate, very thin-walled, with a K/I+ blue, tall tholus penetrated by a faintly amyloid apical cushion, the wall K/I-, surrounded by a K/I+ blue outer layer, Lecanora-type. Ascospores 1-celled, hyaline, broadly ellipsoid, (9-)10-14 x 5-6(-7.5) μm. Photobiont chlorococcoid. Spot tests: thallus and apothecial margin K-, C-, KC-, P-, UV-. Chemistry: without lichen substances.

Note: on calciferous rocks, often starting the life-cycle on other crustose lichens, widespread throughout the Alps and probably also along the Apennines.

Growth form: Crustose

Substrata: rocks

Photobiont: green algae other than Trentepohlia

Reproductive strategy: mainly sexual

paras (occasionally) of crustose lichens

Commonnes-rarity: (info)

Alpine belt: rather rare

Subalpine belt: rather common

Oromediterranean belt: rather rare

Montane belt: rather rare

Submediterranean belt: absent

Padanian area: absent

Humid submediterranean belt: absent

Humid mediterranean belt: absent

Dry mediterranean belt: absent

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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

Herbarium samples

P.L. Nimis CC BY-SA 4.0

TSB 16561

P.L. Nimis; Owner: Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste

Herbarium: TSB (16561)
2001/12/09

P.L. Nimis; Owner: Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste

Herbarium: TSB (33712)
2001/12/09