ITALIC 8.0

Gyalolechia klementii (Kalb) Søchting, Frödén & Arup

in Arup & al., Nordic J. Bot. 31, 1: 71, 2013.. Basionym: Fulgensia klementii Kalb - Herzogia, 1, 4: 439, 1970.

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Description: Thallus crustose-placodioid, episubstratic, lemon yellow to golden yellow, sometimes whitish-pruinose in central parts, forming 0.5-2 cm wide, at first orbicular, then irregular and often coalescing rosettes, with a verrucose-areolate to lobulate centre and more or less distinct, radiating marginal lobes. Lobes 0.5-1.5 mm broad, flat to slightly convex, contiguous to separate at margin, fused together towards the centre. Apothecia frequent, lecanorine, rounded, sessile and strongly constricted at base, 0.6-1.5 mm across, with an orange to brownish orange, concave to flat, smooth disc, a thick, orange to orange-red proper margin, and a thin, strongly white-pruinose, finally often excluded thalline margin. Epithecium orange-yellow, K+ red; hymenium colourless, c. 80 µm high; hypothecium colourless. Asci 8-spored, clavate, functionally unitunicate, apically thickened with a broad internal beak, the inner part of apex and external cap I+ blue, Teloschistes-type. Ascospores 1-celled, hyaline, thin-walled, spindle-shaped with pointed ends, 17-24 x 7-8 µm. Pycnidia orange-yellow, immersed. Conidia narrowly ellipsoid. Photobiont chlorococcoid. Spot tests: thallus and apothecia K+ red, C-, KC-, P-, UV+ pale orange. Chemistry: thallus and apothecia with fragilin (major), emodin, parietin and other anthraquinones (minor).

Note: on soil, often on gypsaceous substrata in dry situations, mostly in the Mediterranean belt; to be looked for in Italy.

Growth form: Crustose placodiomorph

Substrata: soil, terricolous mosses, and plant debris

Photobiont: green algae other than Trentepohlia

Reproductive strategy: mainly sexual

Commonnes-rarity: (info)

Alpine belt: absent

Subalpine belt: absent

Oromediterranean belt: absent

Montane belt: absent

Submediterranean belt: absent

Padanian area: absent

Humid submediterranean belt: absent

Humid mediterranean belt: extremely rare

Dry mediterranean belt: extremely rare

pH of the substrata:

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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

Index Fungorum GBIF

Jan Vondrak - Source: https://botanika.prf.jcu.cz/lichenology/index.php?pg=8&cat=32&idx=4381 Albania

Jan Vondrak - Source: https://botanika.prf.jcu.cz/lichenology/index.php?pg=8&cat=32&idx=4381 Albania