Arthonia calcicola Nyl.

Bot. Not.: 162, 1853.
Synonyms: Allarthonia calcicola (Nyl.) Redinger
Distribution: N - VG (TSB 10023), Ven (Nascimbene & al. 2021), TAA, Emil (Fariselli & al. 2020). C - Tosc, Marc (Nimis & Tretiach 1999), Umb (Nimis & Tretiach 1999, Ravera & al. 2006, Panfili 2007), Laz (Nimis & Tretiach 2004), Abr (Tretiach 2015b, Gheza & al. 2021). S - Camp (Aprile & al. 2003b, Nimis & Tretiach 2004), Pugl (Nimis & Tretiach 1999), Si (Caniglia & Grillo 2005, 2006).
Description: Thallus crustose, endosubstratic or (rarely) very thinly episubstratic, mostly not evident, when episubstratic forming a very thin, grey-white crust. Apothecia arthonioid, immarginate, black, epruinose, round to irregular in outline, up to 0.2 mm across, scattered or confluent in clusters of 2-3, flat to slightly convex, located in shallow depressions of the rock. Epithecium greenish black; hymenium colourless or pale yellow, 35-45 µm high; hypothecium brown-black. Asci 8-spored, broadly clavate, semi-fissitunicate, with a large apical dome and a distinct ocular chamber, Arthonia-type. Ascospores 1-septate, hyaline, 8-16 x 3-6 µm, pointed at one end, broadly rounded at the other. Photobiont absent or chlorococcoid. Spot tests: K-, C-, KC-, P-. Chemistry: without lichen substances.
Note: an early coloniser on exposed calcareous rocks below the subalpine belt; overlooked and probably more common, especially in the eu-mediterranean belt. It also occurs in warm-dry Alpine valleys.
Growth form: Crustose
Substrata: rocks
Photobiont: green algae other than Trentepohlia
Reproductive strategy: mainly sexual
Pioneer species

Commonnes-rarity: (info)

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

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Predictive model
Herbarium samples


Pier Luigi Nimis - CC BY-SA 4.0
TSB 23487



Pier Luigi Nimis - CC BY-SA 4.0
TSB 23487



Pier Luigi Nimis - CC BY-SA 4.0
TSB 23487


Redinger, K. (1938) Arthoniaceae, Graphidaceae . In Kryptogamen-Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz. Band 9, 2 Abt., Part 1 (G. L. Rabenhorst, ed.): 181–404. Leipzig: Borntraeger
As Allarthonia lapidicola



Juri Nascimbene CC BY-SA 4.0
Italy, Veneto, BL, Vette Feltrine



Juri Nascimbene CC BY-SA 4.0
Italy, Veneto, BL, Vette Feltrine



Juri Nascimbene CC BY-SA 4.0
Italy, Veneto, BL, Vette Feltrine



Juri Nascimbene CC BY-SA 4.0
Italy, Veneto, BL, Vette Feltrine



Juri Nascimbene CC BY-SA 4.0
Italy, Veneto, BL, Vette Feltrine



Juri Nascimbene CC BY-SA 4.0
Italy, Veneto, BL, Vette Feltrine


Courtesy Olivier et Danièle Gonnet - Source: https://www.afl-lichenologie.fr/Photos_AFL/Photos_AFL_A/Textes_A3/Arthonia_calcicola.htm
France, sur rocher calcaire, Beaumont, alt. 508 m - Haute-Loire - (43) - leg. Jacques-Henri Leprince, det. D. et O. Gonnet, conf. C. Roux
4/3/2018


Courtesy Olivier et Danièle Gonnet - Source: https://www.afl-lichenologie.fr/Photos_AFL/Photos_AFL_A/Textes_A3/Arthonia_calcicola.htm
France, sur rocher calcaire, Beaumont, alt. 508 m - Haute-Loire - (43) - leg. Jacques-Henri Leprince, det. D. et O. Gonnet, conf. C. Roux
4/3/2018


Courtesy Olivier et Danièle Gonnet - Source: https://www.afl-lichenologie.fr/Photos_AFL/Photos_AFL_A/Textes_A3/Arthonia_calcicola.htm
France, sur rocher calcaire, Beaumont, alt. 508 m - Haute-Loire - (43) - leg. Jacques-Henri Leprince, det. D. et O. Gonnet, conf. C. Roux
4/3/2018


Courtesy Olivier et Danièle Gonnet - Source: https://www.afl-lichenologie.fr/Photos_AFL/Photos_AFL_A/Textes_A3/Arthonia_calcicola.htm
France, sur rocher calcaire, Beaumont, alt. 508 m - Haute-Loire - (43) - leg. Jacques-Henri Leprince, det. D. et O. Gonnet, conf. C. Roux
4/3/2018


Courtesy Olivier et Danièle Gonnet - Source: https://www.afl-lichenologie.fr/Photos_AFL/Photos_AFL_A/Textes_A3/Arthonia_calcicola.htm
France, sur rocher calcaire, Beaumont, alt. 508 m - Haute-Loire - (43) - leg. Jacques-Henri Leprince, det. D. et O. Gonnet, conf. C. Roux
4/3/2018