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Acarospora hellbomii H. Magn.

Bot. Notiser: 232, 1926.

Synonyms: Acarospora marcii H. Magn.

Distribution: N - TAA (B 189317), VA (B-189320). C - Sar.

Description: Thallus crustose, episubstratic, dark reddish brown, epruinose, areolate-subsquamulose, the areoles (0.2-)0.5-1(-1.2) mm wide, 0.4-0.8 mm thick, dispersed, angular or irregular in shape but not lobed, broadly attached, the lower surface (along the margins) dark-coloured. Cortex 12-25 µm thick, dark reddish brown in upper part, otherwise colourless, the cortical cells 1.5-2 µm wide, overlain with a 5-10 µm thick epinecral layer; algal layer continuous; medulla 80-120 µm thick. Apothecia immersed in the areoles, 2-3(-5) per areole or sometimes solitary, 0.2-0.4 mm across, with a strongly concave, then more or less flat, rough, epruinose disc. Proper exciple distinct, c. 10 µm thick; epithecium brown; hymenium colourless, 90-100 µm high; paraphyses coherent, branched, c. 1.5 µm thick, the apical cells up to 3 µm wide; hypothecium greyish, 30-50 µm high. Asci c. 200-spored, clavate, the apical dome K/I-. Ascospores 1-celled, hyaline, narrowly ellipsoid, 3-5 x 1.5-1.7(-2) µm. Photobiont chlorococcoid. Spot tests: cortex and medulla K-, C+ red, KC+ red, P-. Chemistry: gyrophoric acid.

Note: on exposed surfaces of iron-rich siliceous rocks in eutrophicated situations. A poorly-known taxon based on a type from extra-alpine SW Europe.

Growth form: Crustose

Substrata: rocks

Photobiont: green algae other than Trentepohlia

Reproductive strategy: mainly sexual

Species of metal-rich rocks

Commonnes-rarity: (info)

Alpine belt: very rare

Subalpine belt: very rare

Oromediterranean belt: very rare

Montane belt: very 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