Ochrolechia szatalaensis Verseghy

Ann. Hist. Nat. Mus. Nat. Hung., 50: 80, 1958.
Synonyms: Ochrolechia pseudotartarea (Vain.) Verseghy; Ochrolechia szatalaensis var. macrospora Verseghy; Ochrolechia tenuissima Verseghy
Distribution: N - Frl, Ven (Nascimbene & Caniglia 2000, 2003c, Nascimbene & al. 2006e, Nascimbene 2008c, Kukwa 2011), TAA (Nascimbene 2006b, 2008b, 2014, Nascimbene & al. 2006e, 2007b, 2014, 2022, Kukwa 2011, Nimis & al. 2015), Lomb, Lig (S- F118654). C - Tosc (Benesperi & al. 2007, Kukwa 2011), Abr (Brackel 2015), Sar (Zedda 2002, Cossu 2013). S - Bas (S-F118647), Cal (Puntillo 1995, 1996), Si (Brackel 2008c).
Description: Thallus crustose, endosubstratic or episubstratic, continuous to rimose-areolate, yellowish grey, whitish grey or pale brown, usually without a distinct prothallus. Apothecia lecanorine, 1-2.5 mm across, sessile, rounded or irregular, with a slightly concave to flat, flesh-coloured but densely yellowish- or brownish-grey pruinose disc, and a thick, entire or rarely flexuose, smooth or rough thalline margin. Thalline exciple corticate, the cortex laterally thinner and a well-differentiated, vitreous at the base, but opaque; medulla rich in algal cells; excipular ring or discoid like tissue absent; proper exciple well-developed; hymenium colourless, (160-)220-300 μm high; hypothecium yellowish. Asci (4-)6-8-spored, with thick, amyloid walls, Pertusaria-type. Ascospores 1-celled, hyaline, ellipsoid but often deformed, rather variable in size- 30-80 x (15-)20-43 μm. Photobiont chlorococcoid. Spot tests: thallus K-, C-, KC+ pink, P-, UV+ white; medulla C-, KC-; apothecial margins C+ yellow and partially (inner part only) C-, KC+ pink; pruina of the apothecial disc usually C+ yellow. Chemistry: thallus with variolaric acid (major), accompanied by different unknown substances, often with alectoronic acid, and fatty acids of the murolic acid complex.
Note: a cool-temperate to boreal-montane species with optimum on twigs in humid and cold sites; certainly widespread thoughout the Alps. The identification of the sample from Sicily by Brackel (2008c) is not fully certain. It is included in the Italian red list of epiphytic lichens under the “Least Concern” category (Nascimbene & al. 2013c).
Growth form: Crustose
Substrata: bark
Photobiont: green algae other than Trentepohlia
Reproductive strategy: mainly sexual

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

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P.L. Nimis CC BY-SA 4.0
TSB 35713



P.L. Nimis; Owner: Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste
Herbarium: TSB (10645)
2001/12/10
apothecium



P.L. Nimis; Owner: Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste
Herbarium: TSB (35713)
2003/01/22
apothecium



P.L. Nimis; Owner: Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste
Herbarium: TSB (10645)
2001/12/10


Andres Saag; Owner: University of Tartu



Juri Nascimbene - CC BY-SA 4.0
Italy, Trentino-Alto Adige, Bolzano/Bozen, Sciliar/Schlern



Juri Nascimbene - CC BY-SA 4.0
Italy, Trentino-Alto Adige, Bolzano/Bozen, Sciliar/Schlern



Juri Nascimbene - CC BY-SA 4.0
Italy, Trentino-Alto Adige, Bolzano/Bozen, Sciliar/Schlern



Juri Nascimbene - CC BY-SA 4.0
Italy, Trentino-Alto Adige, Bolzano/Bozen, Sciliar/Schlern



Juri Nascimbene - CC BY-SA 4.0
Italy, Trentino-Alto Adige, Bolzano/Bozen, Sciliar/Schlern



Juri Nascimbene - CC BY-SA 4.0
Italy, Trentino-Alto Adige, Bolzano/Bozen, Sciliar/Schlern



P.L. Nimis; Owner: Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste
Herbarium: TSB (35713)
2003/01/22



Felix Schumm – CC BY-SA 4.0
Image from: F. Schumm (2008) - Flechten Madeiras, der Kanaren und Azoren. Beck, OHG - ISBN: 978-3-00-023700-3


Ulrich Kirschbaum
Austria: Alps.