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Melaspilea leciographoides Vouaux

Bull. Soc. Mycol. Fr., 29: 472, 1913

Synonyms: Mycomelaspilea leciographoides (Vouaux) Keissl.

Distribution: N - VG (Tretiach 1992).

Description: Thallus not evident, not lichenized, immersed in the thallus of the host lichen. Apothecia black, at first rounded then elongate, 0.15-0.5 x 0.1-0.2 mm, scattered or in clusters of 2-5, with an exposed disc and a rather thick, raised proper margin. Proper exciple prosoplectenchymatous, dark brown; epithecium brown; hymenium colourless, I+ blue; paraphyses thread-like, branched and anastomosing, capitate, the apical cells swollen, up to 3.5 μm wide; hypothecium brownish. Asci elongate-clavate, thickened at apex and with an internal apical beak, K/I-. Ascospores 1-septate, at first hyaline then pale brown, sole-shaped, 18-22 x 9-12 μm, without a perispore. Photobiont absent. Spot tests: thallus K-, C-, KC-, P-, UV-. Chemistry: without lichen substances.

Note: a lichenicolous fungus growing on calcicolous endolithic lichens, mostly Verrucariaceae; the Italian sample, however, was growing on Petractis clausa.

Growth form: Lichenicolous fungus

Substrata: rocks

Reproductive strategy: mainly sexual

paras endolithic lichens

Commonnes-rarity: (info)

Alpine belt: absent

Subalpine belt: absent

Oromediterranean belt: absent

Montane belt: absent

Submediterranean belt: extremely rare

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

Herbarium samples

Index Fungorum GBIF

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TSB 16653

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

Herbarium: TSB (16653)
2003/03/19
on the thallus of the host, Petractis clausa