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Snippocia nivea (D. Hawksw. & P. James) Ertz & Sanderson

Lichenologist, 50: 170, 2018.. Basionym: Schismatomma niveum D. Hawksw. & P. James - in James, Lichenologist, 5: 145, 1971.

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Distribution: C - Sar (Zedda 2002).

Description: Thallus crustose, episubstratic, ecorticate and sorediate, rather thick to (rarely) thin, continuous to rimose, pale pink when fresh, soon turning creamy white to glaucous grey in the herbarium, poorly delimited or rarely with a white to purple-black prothallus. Soralia developing from small warts, at first punctiform and to 1 mm across, but soon becoming confluent into irregular patches, concolorous with thallus. Apothecia unknown. Pycnidia rare, black, immersed. Conidia 6-7 x c. 1 μm, straight or curved. Photobiont trentepohlioid. Spot tests: K-, C-, KC-, P+ bright yellow, UV+ dull grey-orange. Chemistry: psoromic and 2-O-demethylpsoromic acids and variable amounts of an unidentified xanthone.

Note: a western species, never found fertile, found on the dry sides of trunks of old deciduous oaks in sheltered situations. Known from Sardinia, to be looked for further in Tyrrhenian Italy. It is included as “Critically Endangered” in the Italian red list of epiphytic lichens (Nascimbene & al. 2013c).

Growth form: Crustose

Substrata: bark

Photobiont: Trentepohlia

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

Most common in areas with a humid-warm climate (e.g. most of Tyrrenian Italy)

In underhangs rarely wetted by rain

Commonnes-rarity: (info)

Alpine belt: absent

Subalpine belt: absent

Oromediterranean belt: absent

Montane belt: absent

Submediterranean belt: absent

Padanian area: absent

Humid submediterranean belt: extremely rare

Humid mediterranean belt: extremely rare

Dry mediterranean belt: absent

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Poleotolerance:

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Altitudinal distribution:

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Predictive model

Index Fungorum GBIF

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Herbarium: Holotype
Source: http://fungi.myspecies.info/all-fungi/schismatomma-niveum