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Collemopsidium argilospilum (Nyl.) Coppins & Aptroot

Lichenologist, 40: 368, 2008. Basionym: Verrucaria argilospila Nyl. - Flora, 57, 1: 15, 1874.

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Description: Thallus crustose, thin, subgelatinous when wet, dull-olive-green to olive-black. Perithecia black, semi-immersed in the thallus, without involucrellum. Exciple dark brown at least in upper part, the wall paraplectenchymatous; pseudoparaphyses branched and anastomosing; hymenial gel K/I-. Asci 8-spored, ovoid to subcylindrical, 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, oblong-ovoid, 21-22 x c. 8 µm. Photobiont cyanobacterial, the cells blue-green. Spot tests: all negative. Chemistry: without lichen substances.

Note: a species based on a type from Finland, growing on moist sandy or clayey soil in inland habitats; a rare taxon with a few scattered records in Europe, including a single record from the Alps (Austria: Carinthia), along the edge of a forest road. To be looked for in the Italian Alps.

Growth form: Crustose

Substrata: soil, terricolous mosses, and plant debris

Photobiont: cyanobacteria, filamentous (e.g. Nostoc, Scytonema)

Reproductive strategy: mainly sexual

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Felix Schumm - CC BY-SA 4.0

[Ferraro10713], Argentina, Prov. Chaco, Parque Pampa del Indio, 110 m, 26°16’20’’ S, 59°58’40’’ W. On soil on path in semi-deciduous subtropical forest. Leg. L.I. Ferraro (no 10713), A. Aptroot, M. Cáceres, 26.02.2013, det. A. Aptroot, 2013.

Felix Schumm - CC BY-SA 4.0

[Ferraro10713], Argentina, Prov. Chaco, Parque Pampa del Indio, 110 m, 26°16’20’’ S, 59°58’40’’ W. On soil on path in semi-deciduous subtropical forest. Leg. L.I. Ferraro (no 10713), A. Aptroot, M. Cáceres, 26.02.2013, det. A. Aptroot, 2013.

Felix Schumm - CC BY-SA 4.0

[Ferraro10713], Argentina, Prov. Chaco, Parque Pampa del Indio, 110 m, 26°16’20’’ S, 59°58’40’’ W. On soil on path in semi-deciduous subtropical forest. Leg. L.I. Ferraro (no 10713), A. Aptroot, M. Cáceres, 26.02.2013, det. A. Aptroot, 2013.

Felix Schumm - CC BY-SA 4.0

[Ferraro10713], Argentina, Prov. Chaco, Parque Pampa del Indio, 110 m, 26°16’20’’ S, 59°58’40’’ W. On soil on path in semi-deciduous subtropical forest. Leg. L.I. Ferraro (no 10713), A. Aptroot, M. Cáceres, 26.02.2013, det. A. Aptroot, 2013.

Felix Schumm - CC BY-SA 4.0

[Ferraro10713], Argentina, Prov. Chaco, Parque Pampa del Indio, 110 m, 26°16’20’’ S, 59°58’40’’ W. On soil on path in semi-deciduous subtropical forest. Leg. L.I. Ferraro (no 10713), A. Aptroot, M. Cáceres, 26.02.2013, det. A. Aptroot, 2013.

Felix Schumm - CC BY-SA 4.0

[Ferraro10713], Argentina, Prov. Chaco, Parque Pampa del Indio, 110 m, 26°16’20’’ S, 59°58’40’’ W. On soil on path in semi-deciduous subtropical forest. Leg. L.I. Ferraro (no 10713), A. Aptroot, M. Cáceres, 26.02.2013, det. A. Aptroot, 2013.

Felix Schumm - CC BY-SA 4.0

[Ferraro10713], Argentina, Prov. Chaco, Parque Pampa del Indio, 110 m, 26°16’20’’ S, 59°58’40’’ W. On soil on path in semi-deciduous subtropical forest. Leg. L.I. Ferraro (no 10713), A. Aptroot, M. Cáceres, 26.02.2013, det. A. Aptroot, 2013.