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Acolium sessile (Pers.) Arnold

Flora, 68: 49, 1885. Basionym: Calicium sessile Pers. - Tent. Disp. Meth. Fung., Suppl.: 59, 1797.

Synonyms: Cyphelium sessile (Pers.) Trevis

Distribution: N - Lomb (Puntillo & Puntillo 2009, Brackel 2016), Emil (Puntillo & Puntillo 2009, Brackel 2016, Fariselli & al. 2020), Lig (Brunialti & al. 2001, Brackel 2016). C - Tosc (Puntillo & Puntillo 2009, Brackel 2016), Umb (Ravera 2000, Ravera & al. 2006, Brackel 2016), Abr (Corona & al. 2016, Brackel 2016). Mol (Brackel 2020). S - Pugl (Thüs & Licht 2006, Brackel 2016), Cal (Puntillo 1994, 1996, Puntillo & Puntillo 2009, Brackel & Puntillo 2016, Brackel 2016).

Description: Thallus crustose, not lichenized, infecting the thalli of Pertusaria-species, visible as a darkening of the host thallus. Apothecia sessile, 0.25-0.6 mm across, 0.2-0.3 mm high, usually epruinose (young apothecia rarely white-pruinose at margins), with a black mazaedium. Exciple dark brown, 50-90 µm thick laterally, of strongly sclerotized, interwoven hyphae, with an outer, 2-3 µm thick gelatinous layer, strongly thickened at base and often forming a stalk penetrating the thallus of the host; hypothecium dark brown, 40-55 µm high, of periclinally arranged, sclerotized hyphae. Asci narrowly clavate, formed singly from hooked ascogenous hyphae, persisting until the spores are nearly ripe, with biseriately arranged spores, 25-31 x 5-7 µm. Ascospores 1-septate and constricted at septum, brown, broadly ellipsoid, 10-15 x 6-9 µm, with a coarse ornamentation of mainly spirally arranged ridges in young spores, later disrupted by a few irregular cracks, the surface appearing striated. Photobiont absent. Spot tests: K-, C-, KC-, P-. Chemistry: without lichen substances.

Note: a species with a grey thallus forming insular patches on the thalli of epiphytic Pertusaria-species (especially P. pertusa, P. coccodes and P. coronata), found on very old oaks; also known from North America, it is most common in western Europe: records from the Alps have a fairly different ecology and conspecifity is therefore in need of confirmation.

Growth form: Lichenicolous fungus

Substrata: bark

Reproductive strategy: mainly sexual

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

paras Pertusaria spp.

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: extremely rare

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

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

Herbarium: TSB (24267)
2001/12/04

Felix Schumm; Owner: CC BY-SA 4.0

[TSB_24267], Italia, Calabria, Prov. Catanzaro, loc. Cortale, c. 400 m, on Olea. Leg. D. Puntillo, 02.03.1992 (ex CLU)

Felix Schumm; Owner: CC BY-SA 4.0

[TSB_24267], Italia, Calabria, Prov. Catanzaro, loc. Cortale, c. 400 m, on Olea. Leg. D. Puntillo, 02.03.1992 (ex CLU)

Felix Schumm; Owner: CC BY-SA 4.0

[TSB_24267], Italia, Calabria, Prov. Catanzaro, loc. Cortale, c. 400 m, on Olea. Leg. D. Puntillo, 02.03.1992 (ex CLU)

Felix Schumm - CC BY-SA 4.0

[TSB_24267], Italia, Calabria, Prov. Catanzaro, loc. Cortale, c. 400 m, on Olea. Leg. D. Puntillo, 02.03.1992 (ex CLU)

Felix Schumm - CC BY-SA 4.0

[TSB_24267], Italia, Calabria, Prov. Catanzaro, loc. Cortale, c. 400 m, on Olea. Leg. D. Puntillo, 02.03.1992 (ex CLU)

Felix Schumm - CC BY-SA 4.0

[TSB_24267], Italia, Calabria, Prov. Catanzaro, loc. Cortale, c. 400 m, on Olea. Leg. D. Puntillo, 02.03.1992 (ex CLU)

Felix Schumm - CC BY-SA 4.0

[TSB_24267], Italia, Calabria, Prov. Catanzaro, loc. Cortale, c. 400 m, on Olea. Leg. D. Puntillo, 02.03.1992 (ex CLU)

Felix Schumm - CC BY-SA 4.0

[TSB_24267], Italia, Calabria, Prov. Catanzaro, loc. Cortale, c. 400 m, on Olea. Leg. D. Puntillo, 02.03.1992 (ex CLU)

Felix Schumm - CC BY-SA 4.0

[TSB_24267], Italia, Calabria, Prov. Catanzaro, loc. Cortale, c. 400 m, on Olea. Leg. D. Puntillo, 02.03.1992 (ex CLU)

Felix Schumm - CC BY-SA 4.0

[TSB_24267], Italia, Calabria, Prov. Catanzaro, loc. Cortale, c. 400 m, on Olea. Leg. D. Puntillo, 02.03.1992 (ex CLU)

Felix Schumm - CC BY-SA 4.0

[TSB_24267], Italia, Calabria, Prov. Catanzaro, loc. Cortale, c. 400 m, on Olea. Leg. D. Puntillo, 02.03.1992 (ex CLU)

Felix Schumm - CC BY-SA 4.0

[TSB_24267], Italia, Calabria, Prov. Catanzaro, loc. Cortale, c. 400 m, on Olea. Leg. D. Puntillo, 02.03.1992 (ex CLU)

Felix Schumm - CC BY-SA 4.0

[TSB_24267], Italia, Calabria, Prov. Catanzaro, loc. Cortale, c. 400 m, on Olea. Leg. D. Puntillo, 02.03.1992 (ex CLU)

Felix Schumm - CC BY-SA 4.0

[TSB_24267], Italia, Calabria, Prov. Catanzaro, loc. Cortale, c. 400 m, on Olea. Leg. D. Puntillo, 02.03.1992 (ex CLU)

Felix Schumm - CC BY-SA 4.0

[TSB_24267], Italia, Calabria, Prov. Catanzaro, loc. Cortale, c. 400 m, on Olea. Leg. D. Puntillo, 02.03.1992 (ex CLU)

Felix Schumm - CC BY-SA 4.0

[TSB_24267], Italia, Calabria, Prov. Catanzaro, loc. Cortale, c. 400 m, on Olea. Leg. D. Puntillo, 02.03.1992 (ex CLU)

Felix Schumm - CC BY-SA 4.0

[TSB_24267], Italia, Calabria, Prov. Catanzaro, loc. Cortale, c. 400 m, on Olea. Leg. D. Puntillo, 02.03.1992 (ex CLU)

Felix Schumm - CC BY-SA 4.0

[TSB_24267], Italia, Calabria, Prov. Catanzaro, loc. Cortale, c. 400 m, on Olea. Leg. D. Puntillo, 02.03.1992 (ex CLU)

Felix Schumm - CC BY-SA 4.0

[TSB_24267], Italia, Calabria, Prov. Catanzaro, loc. Cortale, c. 400 m, on Olea. Leg. D. Puntillo, 02.03.1992 (ex CLU)

Felix Schumm - CC BY-SA 4.0

[TSB_24267], Italia, Calabria, Prov. Catanzaro, loc. Cortale, c. 400 m, on Olea. Leg. D. Puntillo, 02.03.1992 (ex CLU)

Felix Schumm - CC BY-SA 4.0

[TSB_24267], Italia, Calabria, Prov. Catanzaro, loc. Cortale, c. 400 m, on Olea. Leg. D. Puntillo, 02.03.1992 (ex CLU)

Felix Schumm - CC BY-SA 4.0

[TSB_24267], Italia, Calabria, Prov. Catanzaro, loc. Cortale, c. 400 m, on Olea. Leg. D. Puntillo, 02.03.1992 (ex CLU)

Domenico Puntillo - CC BY-SA 4.0

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