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Calogaya arnoldiiconfusa (Gaya & Nav.-Ros.) Arup, Frödén & Søchting

in Arup & al., Nord. J. Bot., 31: 38, 2013. Basionym: Caloplaca arnoldiiconfusa Gaya & Nav.-Ros. in Gaya - Bibl. Lichenol., 101: 54, 2009.

Synonyms: Caloplaca arnoldii auct.ital. p.max.p.

Distribution: N - Frl, Ven (Nascimbene & Caniglia 2000, 2003c, Nascimbene 2008c), TAA (Nascimbene & al. 2006, 2022, Nascimbene 2008b), Piem (TSB 33080). C - Umb (Ravera & al. 2011), Sar (ASU 235739). S - Si (Gaya 2009).

Description: Thallus crustose-placodioid, episubstratic, forming well-delimited, 5-11 mm wide rosettes, deep reddish-orange to almost red, mostly epruinose, the central parts often becoming necrotic and whitish. Areoles located in thallus center, polygonal or irregular, relatively flat, 0.4-1 mm in diam., covered with apothecia; marginal lobes deeply divided, convex, rarely slightly flattened toward tips, contiguous to rarely imbricate, 0.1-0.9(-1.5) mm long and 0.1-0.6(-0.9) mm wide at tips. Upper cortex thin, with a yellowish-orange external part and a hyaline inner part, scleroplectenchymatous, with scarce amounts of superficial crystals visible under polarized light; algal layer more or less continuous; medulla white, lax. Apothecia pseudolecanorine, 0.1-0.6(-0.8) mm across, dispersed or grouped on the areoles or lobe-bases, usually rounded or somewhat distorted, with a flat to convex, orange- brown to dull red, epruinose disc and a slightly paler, thin margin. Exciple of radially arranged hyphae, scleroplectenchymatous; epithecium brownish-orange, K+ red; hymenium and hypothecium colourless; paraphyses septate, sparsely branched in upper part, 1.5-3(-3.5) µm wide at base, the apical cell swollen, up to 7(-8.5) µm wide. Asci 8-spored, clavate, Teloschistes-type. Ascospores 2-celled, polarilocular, hyaline, mostly broadly ellipsoid, (8.5-)10-13(-16) x (3.8-)5-6.5(-7.5) µm, the equatorial thickening (“septum”) (2.5-)3-4(-5) µm. Photobiont chlorococcoid. Spot tests: thallus and apothecia K+ red, C-, KC-, P-. Chemistry: thallus and apothecia with parietin, fallacinal, emodin, and teloschistin.

Note: in the past this species was confused with C. arnoldii, which substitutes in upland areas, on vertical, sun-exposed calcareous and dolomitic rocks with some seepage of water after rain. For further details see Gaya (2009) and Gaya & al. (2001). All previous records from N Italy (see Nimis 2016) and that by Nimis & Tretiach (1999) from Abruzzo refer to C. rouxii.

Growth form: Crustose placodiomorph

Substrata: rocks

Photobiont: green algae other than Trentepohlia

Reproductive strategy: mainly sexual

On otherwise dry surfaces with short periods of water seepage after rain

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Alpine belt: rather rare

Subalpine belt: rather rare

Oromediterranean belt: rather rare

Montane belt: rather rare

Submediterranean belt: absent

Padanian area: absent

Humid submediterranean belt: absent

Humid mediterranean belt: absent

Dry mediterranean belt: absent

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Predictive model

Herbarium samples

Jan Vondrak - source:http://botanika.bf.jcu.cz/lichenology/index.php?pg=8&cat=32&idx=16119

Šar planina 1977 Mayrhofer (GZU)

Elena Pittao - CC BY-SA 4.0

Italy, Abruzzo, AQ, Rocca Calascio.
Herbarium: TSB (26383)

Elena Pittao - CC BY-SA 4.0

Italy, Abruzzo, AQ, Rocca Calascio.
Herbarium: TSB (26383)

Elena Pittao - CC BY-SA 4.0

Italy, Abruzzo, AQ, Rocca Calascio.
Herbarium: TSB (26383)