ITALIC 7.0

Alyxoria variiformis (Anzi) Ertz

in Diederich & al., Bull soc. nat. Luxemb., 113: 105, 2012. Basionym: Opegrapha variaeformis Anzi - Comm. Soc. Critt. Ital., 1, 3: 160, 1862.

Synonyms: Opegrapha rosea B. de Lesd.

Distribution: C - Tosc, Mol (Nimis & Tretiach 2004, Caporale & al. 2008), Sar (TSB 13045). S - Pugl (Nimis & Tretiach 1999), Cal (Puntillo 1996), Si (TSB 17355).

Description: Thallus crustose, thinly episubstratic, continuous or rarely rimose-areolate, usually poorly developed, whitish, sometimes with a pinkish or brownish hue, without a distinct prothallus. Apothecia lirelliform to almost rounded, 0.5-1.2 x 0.3-0.6 mm. simple or sparingly branched, sessile, more or less isolated, black, with an enlarged, often bluish-pruinose disc and a somehow raised, black proper margin. Proper exciple black, carbonized, continuous below the hymenium; epithecium brown-black, 30-50 µm high; hymenium colourless, 50-90 µm high, I+ reddish; paraphysoids branched and anastomosing, c. 1 µm thick, the apical cells hardly swollen; subhymenium brown, well-delimited, 30-60 µm high; hypothecium black, carbonized. Asci 8-spored, cylindrical-clavate, the inner layer of endoascus amyloid in upper part, with a I+ blue ring visible around a small ocular chamber, Varia-type. Ascospores 4-5(-6)-septate, hyaline turning pale brown when overmature, broadly fusiform, (17-)26-32(-34) x (4-)6-9 µm, with a 1.5-2 µm thick, gelatinous perispore. Pycnidia black, immersed. Conidia straight or slightly curved, 3-6 x 0.5-1.5 µm. Photobiont trentepohlioid. Spot tests: thallus K-, C-, KC-, P-, UV-. Chemistry: without lichen substances.

Note: a mild-temperate to Mediterranean-Atlantic species found on steeply inclined faces of calciferous rocks near the coast, in rather shaded and humid situations. The record from Molise, in the mountains, is exceptional.

Growth form: Crustose

Substrata: rocks

Photobiont: Trentepohlia

Reproductive strategy: mainly sexual

Most common in areas with a humid-warm climate (e.g. most of Tyrrenian Italy)

Taxon bound to maritime-coastal situations

Commonnes-rarity: (info)

Alpine belt: absent

Subalpine belt: absent

Oromediterranean belt: absent

Montane belt: absent

Submediterranean belt: absent

Padanian area: absent

Humid submediterranean belt: absent

Humid mediterranean belt: rare

Dry mediterranean belt: extremely rare

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

Herbarium samples

Index Fungorum GBIF

P.L. Nimis; Owner: Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste

Herbarium: TSB (13045)
2001/12/15

P.L. Nimis; Owner: Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste

Herbarium: TSB (17355)
2001/11/27

P.L.Nimis; Owner: Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste

Herbarium: TSB (38301)
2008.02.25

Domenico Puntillo; Owner: Domenico Puntillo

Italy

Jennifer Fiorentino

Malta, Maltese Islands, on a limestone wall

Jennifer Fiorentino

Malta, Maltese Islands, on a limestone wall