Collemopsidium sublitorale (Leight.) Grube & B.D. Ryan
in Nash & al. (eds.), Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region, 1: 163, 2002. Basionym: Verrucaria sublitoralis Leight. - Lich. Fl. Great Brit.: 435, 1871
Synonyms: Pyrenocollema sublitorale (Leight.) R.C. Harris
Distribution:
Description: Thallus crustose, endosubstratic and usually not evident. Perithecia scattered, black, 0.15-0.6(-1.5) mm in diam., clearly projecting, globose, often slightly flattened at the top. Involucrellum well-evident, brown-black, hemispherical or spreading laterally; exciple colourless to pale brown in upper half, more or less cellular; hamathecium of richly branched and anastomosing, 1.5-2 µm thick pseudoparaphyses, the hymenial gel I-. Asci 8-spored, ovoid to subcylindrical, usually stalked, with two functional wall layers, K/I-, the wall thickened above, with an ocular chamber, fissitunicate, with a distinct extruded rostrum at dehiscence. Ascospores 1-septate, hyaline, narrowly ovoid, one cell usually longer than the other, (12-)15-20(-25) x 5-7(-10) µm, often with a thin gelatinous sheath. Pycnidia black, immersed or semi-immersed, flattened at top, the conidiogenous cells cylindrical, phialidic. Photobiont cyanobacterial (Hyella, the cells orange, in scattered clusters), or absent. Spot tests: all negative. Chemistry: without lichen substances.Note: a maritime species growing on calcareous rocks, shells and barnacles in the littoral zone. Prior to 1992 it was treated as a synonym of C. halodytes, so that its total distribution is still poorly known; to be looked for in Italy.
Growth form: Crustose
Substrata: rocks
Photobiont: cyanobacteria, filamentous (e.g. Nostoc, Scytonema)
Reproductive strategy: mainly sexual
Periodically submerged (e.g. in creeks)
Taxon bound to maritime-coastal situations
![](map_builder/3226.png)
Predictive model
![](../flora/images/species/thumbnails/CollemopsidiumsublitoraleLeightGrubeBDRyan1683394271.jpg)
Michel David - Source:http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=8&lang=en
France, Pointe de Kerdra, sur Chthamalus
![](../flora/images/species/thumbnails/CollemopsidiumsublitoraleLeightGrubeBDRyan1683394031.jpg)
Michel David - Source:http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=8&lang=en
France, Pointe de Kerdra
![](../flora/images/species/thumbnails/CollemopsidiumsublitoraleLeightGrubeBDRyan1683394074.jpg)
Michel David - Source:http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=8&lang=en
France, Lostmarc'h, sur Chthamalus montagui, avec C. foveolatum
![](../flora/images/species/thumbnails/CollemopsidiumsublitoraleLeightGrubeBDRyan1683394093.jpg)
Michel David - Source:http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=8&lang=en
France, Camaret
![](../flora/images/species/thumbnails/CollemopsidiumsublitoraleLeightGrubeBDRyan1683394113.jpg)
Michel David - Source:http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=8&lang=en
France, Lostmarc'h
![](../flora/images/species/thumbnails/CollemopsidiumsublitoraleLeightGrubeBDRyan1683394226.jpg)
Michel David - Source:http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=8&lang=en
France, Lostmarc'h
![](../flora/images/species/thumbnails/CollemopsidiumsublitoraleLeightGrubeBDRyan1683394243.jpg)
Michel David - Source:http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=8&lang=en
France, Pointe de Kerdra
![](../flora/images/species/thumbnails/CollemopsidiumsublitoraleLeightGrubeBDRyan1683394260.jpg)
Michel David - Source:http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=8&lang=en
France, Pointe de Kerdra, sur Chthamalus
![](../flora/images/species/thumbnails/CollemopsidiumsublitoraleLeightGrubeBDRyan1559649989.jpg)
Source: http://fungi.myspecies.info/sites/fungi.myspecies.info/files/A20135.jpg - - Licence: CC BY-NC 3. Photo uploaded by Paul Cannon
![](../flora/images/species/thumbnails/CollemopsidiumsublitoraleLeightGrubeBDRyan1683394297.jpg)
Michel David - Source:http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=8&lang=en
France, Losmarc'h, sur Chthamalus montagui
![](../flora/images/species/thumbnails/CollemopsidiumsublitoraleLeightGrubeBDRyan1683394307.jpg)
Michel David - Source:http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=8&lang=en
France, Losmarc'h, sur Chthamalus montagui
![](../flora/images/species/thumbnails/CollemopsidiumsublitoraleLeightGrubeBDRyan1683394329.jpg)
Jacques Haine - Source:http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=8&lang=en
France, Crozon
![](../flora/images/species/thumbnails/CollemopsidiumsublitoraleLeightGrubeBDRyan1683394335.jpg)
Jacques Haine - Source:http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=8&lang=en
France, Crozon
![](../flora/images/species/thumbnails/CollemopsidiumsublitoraleLeightGrubeBDRyan1683394543.jpg)
Bernard Bouffinier - Source: http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=1383&lang=en
France, Habitat, Lostmarc'h
forme saxicole
![](../flora/images/species/thumbnails/CollemopsidiumsublitoraleLeightGrubeBDRyan1683394554.jpg)
Bernard Bouffinier - Source: http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=1383&lang=en
France, Lostmarc'h
forme saxicole
![](../flora/images/species/thumbnails/CollemopsidiumsublitoraleLeightGrubeBDRyan1683394561.jpg)
Bernard Bouffinier - Source: http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=1383&lang=en
France, Lostmarc'h
forme saxicole
![](../flora/images/species/thumbnails/CollemopsidiumsublitoraleLeightGrubeBDRyan1683394567.jpg)
Bernard Bouffinier - Source: http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=1383&lang=en
France, Lostmarc'h
forme saxicole
![](../flora/images/species/thumbnails/CollemopsidiumsublitoraleLeightGrubeBDRyan1683394573.jpg)
Bernard Bouffinier - Source: http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=1383&lang=en
France, Lostmarc'h
forme saxicole
![](../flora/images/species/thumbnails/CollemopsidiumsublitoraleLeightGrubeBDRyan1683394578.jpg)
Bernard Bouffinier - Source: http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=1383&lang=en
France, Lostmarc'h
forme saxicole
![](../flora/images/species/thumbnails/CollemopsidiumsublitoraleLeightGrubeBDRyan1683394584.jpg)
Bernard Bouffinier - Source: http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=1383&lang=en
France, Lostmarc'h
forme saxicole
Growth form: Crustose
Substrata: rocks
Photobiont: cyanobacteria, filamentous (e.g. Nostoc, Scytonema)
Reproductive strategy: mainly sexual
Periodically submerged (e.g. in creeks)
Taxon bound to maritime-coastal situations
![](map_builder/3226.png)
Predictive model
![](../flora/images/species/thumbnails/CollemopsidiumsublitoraleLeightGrubeBDRyan1683394271.jpg)
Michel David - Source:http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=8&lang=en
France, Pointe de Kerdra, sur Chthamalus
![](../flora/images/species/thumbnails/CollemopsidiumsublitoraleLeightGrubeBDRyan1683394031.jpg)
Michel David - Source:http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=8&lang=en
France, Pointe de Kerdra
![](../flora/images/species/thumbnails/CollemopsidiumsublitoraleLeightGrubeBDRyan1683394074.jpg)
Michel David - Source:http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=8&lang=en
France, Lostmarc'h, sur Chthamalus montagui, avec C. foveolatum
![](../flora/images/species/thumbnails/CollemopsidiumsublitoraleLeightGrubeBDRyan1683394093.jpg)
Michel David - Source:http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=8&lang=en
France, Camaret
![](../flora/images/species/thumbnails/CollemopsidiumsublitoraleLeightGrubeBDRyan1683394113.jpg)
Michel David - Source:http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=8&lang=en
France, Lostmarc'h
![](../flora/images/species/thumbnails/CollemopsidiumsublitoraleLeightGrubeBDRyan1683394226.jpg)
Michel David - Source:http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=8&lang=en
France, Lostmarc'h
![](../flora/images/species/thumbnails/CollemopsidiumsublitoraleLeightGrubeBDRyan1683394243.jpg)
Michel David - Source:http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=8&lang=en
France, Pointe de Kerdra
![](../flora/images/species/thumbnails/CollemopsidiumsublitoraleLeightGrubeBDRyan1683394260.jpg)
Michel David - Source:http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=8&lang=en
France, Pointe de Kerdra, sur Chthamalus
![](../flora/images/species/thumbnails/CollemopsidiumsublitoraleLeightGrubeBDRyan1559649989.jpg)
Source: http://fungi.myspecies.info/sites/fungi.myspecies.info/files/A20135.jpg - - Licence: CC BY-NC 3. Photo uploaded by Paul Cannon
![](../flora/images/species/thumbnails/CollemopsidiumsublitoraleLeightGrubeBDRyan1683394297.jpg)
Michel David - Source:http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=8&lang=en
France, Losmarc'h, sur Chthamalus montagui
![](../flora/images/species/thumbnails/CollemopsidiumsublitoraleLeightGrubeBDRyan1683394307.jpg)
Michel David - Source:http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=8&lang=en
France, Losmarc'h, sur Chthamalus montagui
![](../flora/images/species/thumbnails/CollemopsidiumsublitoraleLeightGrubeBDRyan1683394329.jpg)
Jacques Haine - Source:http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=8&lang=en
France, Crozon
![](../flora/images/species/thumbnails/CollemopsidiumsublitoraleLeightGrubeBDRyan1683394335.jpg)
Jacques Haine - Source:http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=8&lang=en
France, Crozon
![](../flora/images/species/thumbnails/CollemopsidiumsublitoraleLeightGrubeBDRyan1683394543.jpg)
Bernard Bouffinier - Source: http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=1383&lang=en
France, Habitat, Lostmarc'h
forme saxicole
![](../flora/images/species/thumbnails/CollemopsidiumsublitoraleLeightGrubeBDRyan1683394554.jpg)
Bernard Bouffinier - Source: http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=1383&lang=en
France, Lostmarc'h
forme saxicole
![](../flora/images/species/thumbnails/CollemopsidiumsublitoraleLeightGrubeBDRyan1683394561.jpg)
Bernard Bouffinier - Source: http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=1383&lang=en
France, Lostmarc'h
forme saxicole
![](../flora/images/species/thumbnails/CollemopsidiumsublitoraleLeightGrubeBDRyan1683394567.jpg)
Bernard Bouffinier - Source: http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=1383&lang=en
France, Lostmarc'h
forme saxicole
![](../flora/images/species/thumbnails/CollemopsidiumsublitoraleLeightGrubeBDRyan1683394573.jpg)
Bernard Bouffinier - Source: http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=1383&lang=en
France, Lostmarc'h
forme saxicole
![](../flora/images/species/thumbnails/CollemopsidiumsublitoraleLeightGrubeBDRyan1683394578.jpg)
Bernard Bouffinier - Source: http://www.lichensmaritimes.org/index.php?task=fiche&lichen=1383&lang=en
France, Lostmarc'h
forme saxicole
![](../flora/images/species/thumbnails/CollemopsidiumsublitoraleLeightGrubeBDRyan1683394584.jpg)