Bilimbia lobulata (Sommerf.) Hafellner & Coppins

in Veldkamp, Lichenologist, 36: 195, 2004. Basionym: Lecidea lobulata Sommerf. - Kungl. Norske Vidensk. Srifter, 2, 2: 54, 1827.
Synonyms: Bacidia sabulosa (A. Massal.) Lettau; Biatora regeliana Hepp; Bilimbia leucophaea var. perpallescens (Nyl.) A.L. Sm.; Bilimbia milliaria var. terrestris Körb.; Bilimbia regeliana (Hepp) Körb.; Bilimbia sabulosa A. Massal.; Bilimbia syncomista (Flörke) Körb.; Lecidea claudeliana Harm.; Lecidea sabuletorum var. syncomista Flörke; Lecidea subnegans Nyl.; Mycobilimbia lobulata (Sommerf.) Hafellner; Myxobilimbia lobulata (Sommerf.) Hafellner; Toninia claudeliana (Harm.) H. Olivier; Toninia lobulata (Sommerf.) Lynge; Toninia sabulosa (A. Massal.) Samp.; Toninia syncomista (Flörke) Th. Fr.; Toninia syncomista var. regeliana (Hepp) Stein
Distribution: N - Frl, Ven (Nimis 1994, Lazzarin 2000b, Nascimbene & Caniglia 2003c, Nascimbene 2005c, 2008c, Thor & Nascimbene 2007, Nascimbene & Marini 2007), TAA (Thor & Nascimbene 2007, Nascimbene 2008b, Nascimbene & al. 2022), Lomb (Lazzarin 2000b), Piem (Isocrono & al. 2004, Hafellner & al. 2004), VA (Piervittori & Isocrono 1999), Emil (Fariselli & al. 2020), Lig. C - Tosc, Marc (Nimis & Tretiach 1999), Umb (Ravera & al. 2006, 2006b), Laz (Nimis & Tretiach 2004), Abr (Nimis & Tretiach 1999, Di Nuzzo & al. 2021, Gheza & al. 2021, Vallese & al. 2022), Mol (Nimis & Tretiach 2004, Caporale & al. 2008), Sar. S - Camp (Ricciardi & al. 2000, Nimis & Tretiach 2004, Garofalo & al. 2010), Bas (Nimis & Tretiach 1999), Cal (Puntillo 1996), Si (Ottonello & al. 1994).
Description: Thallus small-squamulose to subcrustose and warted-granular, whitish grey to grey, darker in the centre of the squamules, forming up to 4 cm wide patches, the squamules flattened, crenate to lobulate, smooth, contiguous to more or less overlapping, 0.1-0.5(-1) mm wide, forming a compact crust. Upper cortex 5-10 µm thick, overlain by an epinecral layer; algal layer with scattered groups of algae which are often arranged in columns; medulla white, 15-50 µm thick. Apothecia frequent, lecideine, sessile, often aggregated, 0.3-0.8(-1) mm across, with a black to brown-black, epruinose, at first flat but soon turning convex disc and an indistinct, soon excluded proper margin. Proper exciple of radiating hyphae, pale in outer part, red-brown within, K+ intensifying, N+ purple-red, 40–60 μm wide laterally; epithecium greenish grey to blue-green, K-, N+ reddish, c. 10 μm high; hymenium colourless to partially brownish, 70-90 µm high; paraphyses mostly simple, coherent, stout, (1.5-)2-3 μm thick at mid-level, the apical cells up to 5 μm wide; subhymenium 50-75 μm high, mostly colourless in upper part, pinkish brown to dark brown in lower part; hypothecium brown-red in upper part, paler in lower part. Asci 8-spored, cylindrical-clavate, with a K/I+ blue apical dome penetrated by a narrow, K/I– apical cushion surrounded by an indistinct, apically often tapering, wall K/I– but surrounded by an I+ red-brown, K/I+ blue outer layer. Ascospores (0-)1-3-septate, hyaline, fusiform and pointed at one end, (12-)14-25(-28) x 3-5(-7) µm, with a warted, gelatinous perispore which is visible in water and disappears in K. Photobiont chlorococcoid. Spot tests: cortex and medulla K-, C-, KC-, P-, UV-. Chemistry: thallus with zeorin.
Note: a cool-temperate to arctic-alpine, circumpolar lichen found on terricolous mosses and bare calciferous soil, most frequent in upland areas, from the Alps to the high Mediterranean mountains.
Growth form: Crustose
Substrata: soil, terricolous mosses, and plant debris
Photobiont: green algae other than Trentepohlia
Reproductive strategy: mainly sexual

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

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2001/12/10



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2001/12/10



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Courtesy: Olivier et Danièle Gonnet - Source: https://www.afl-lichenologie.fr/Photos_AFL/Photos_AFL_B/Textes_B2/Bilimbia_lobulata.htm
France, Vallée haute, Laval - Névache - Hautes-Alpes
17/6/2018


Courtesy: Olivier et Danièle Gonnet - Source: https://www.afl-lichenologie.fr/Photos_AFL/Photos_AFL_B/Textes_B2/Bilimbia_lobulata.htm
France, Vallée haute, Laval - Névache - Hautes-Alpes
17/6/2018


Courtesy: Olivier et Danièle Gonnet - Source: https://www.afl-lichenologie.fr/Photos_AFL/Photos_AFL_B/Textes_B2/Bilimbia_lobulata.htm
France, session AFL 2014 - Haute Ubaye - Alpes-de-Haute-Provence


Courtesy: Olivier et Danièle Gonnet - Source: https://www.afl-lichenologie.fr/Photos_AFL/Photos_AFL_B/Textes_B2/Bilimbia_lobulata.htm
France, session AFL 2014 - Haute Ubaye - Alpes-de-Haute-Provence


Courtesy: Olivier et Danièle Gonnet - Source: https://www.afl-lichenologie.fr/Photos_AFL/Photos_AFL_B/Textes_B2/Bilimbia_lobulata.htm
France, session AFL 2014 - Haute Ubaye - Alpes-de-Haute-Provence