ITALIC 8.0

Chaenothecopsis nana Tibell

Publ. Herb. Univ. Uppsala, 4: 4, 1979.

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Distribution: C - Sar (Zedda & Sipman 2001, Puntillo & Puntillo 2009, Brackel 2016).

Description: Thallus not evident, not lichenized. Apothecia stalked, pin-like, 0.4-0.6 mm high, the stalk black, 0.04-0.06 mm thick, of periclinally arranged hyphae, pale in central part, brownish to greenish brown in outer part. Capitulum broadly obovoid or lenticular, 0.15-0.25 mm across; mazaedium not present. Exciple poorly developed in mature ascomata, of brown, periclinally arranged hyphae. Epithecium reddish brown; hypothecium pale aeruginose green to brownish. Asci 8-spored, cylindrical, 25-35 µm long, with a thickened apex penetrated by a narrow canal, formed singly, persisting until the spores are mature, the spores obliquely arranged in semi-mature asci, periclinally arranged in mature asci. Ascospores 1-celled, brown, fusiform, 6-7 x 2.5-3.5 µm, the wall with an areolate ornamentation. Photobiont absent. Spot tests: all parts of ascocarps K-, C-, KC-, P-, N-. Chemistry: without lichen substances.

Note: a mainly boreal-montane species occurring on bark and lignum of coniferous trees in humid-shaded situations.

Growth form: Fungus

Substrata: bark and lignum

Reproductive strategy: mainly sexual

Commonnes-rarity: (info)

Alpine belt: absent

Subalpine belt: absent

Oromediterranean belt: extremely rare

Montane belt: extremely rare

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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Aridity:

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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

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