Nephromopsis cucullata (Bellardi) Divakar, A. Crespo & Lumbsch

in Divakar & al., Fungal Diversity, 84: 112, 2017. Basionym: Lichen cucullatus Bellardi - Osserv. Bot.: 54, 1788.
Synonyms: Allocetraria cucullata (Bellardi) Randlane & Saag; Cetraria cucullata (Bellardi) Ach.; Flavocetraria cucullata (Bellardi) Kärnefelt & A. Thell
Distribution: N - Frl (Tretiach & Hafellner 2000), Ven (Nascimbene & Caniglia 1997, 2003c, Caniglia & al. 1999, Giovagnoli & Tasinazzo 2014), TAA (Caniglia & al. 2002, Nascimbene & Caniglia 2002c, Nascimbene & al. 2006e, 2022, Nascimbene 2008b, Thell & Moberg 2011, Brackel 2013), Lomb (Rivellini 1994, Dalle Vedove & al. 2004, Gheza 2017), Piem (Isocrono & al. 2004), VA (Piervittori & Isocrono 1999, Valcuvia 2000), Emil (Fariselli & al. 2020). C - Abr.
Description: Thallus fruticose, once or twice dichotomously branched, cream-coloured, smooth and glossy, deep red-purple to violet at the necrotic base, loosely attached, sometimes forming compact mats. Lobes flattened, smooth, canaliculated to subtubular, erect to ascending, 2-4(-8) cm tall, to 5 mm broad (usually less in Italian material), often white-maculate on upper surface, the margin with black, short-spinulose pycnidia; lower surface corticate, with narrow, marginal, whitish pseudocyphellae. Cortex thin, paraplectenchymatous in upper part; medulla white, rather lax. Apothecia extremely rare, zeorine, submarginal at lobe-ends, with a brown disc. Asci 8-spored, narrowly clavate, Lecanora-type. Ascospores 1-celled, hyaline, ellipsoid, 5-10 x 3-5.5 µm. Pycnidia black, immersed in marginal projections. Conidia dumbbell-shaped (thickened at both ends), c. 6 x 1 µm. Photobiont chlorococcoid. Spot tests: cortex K-, C-, KC+ yellowish, P-: medulla K-, C-, KC-, P-; reddish basal parts K+ red. Chemistry: cortex with usnic acid; medulla with lichesterinic and protolichesterinic acids; basal necrotic parts with anthraquinones.
Note: a circumpolar, arctic-alpine lichen, a typical element of tundra-like vegetation in open, dry habitats above treeline, most frequent on basic siliceous substrata, in wind-exposed ridges. The species was neotypified on an Italian specimen (see Thell & Moberg 2011).
Growth form: Fruticose

Substrata: soil, terricolous mosses, and plant debris
Photobiont: green algae other than Trentepohlia
Reproductive strategy: mainly asexual, by thallus fragmentation

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Alpine belt: common
Subalpine belt: very rare
Oromediterranean belt: absent
Montane belt: absent
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
Index Fungorum GBIF

Mark Rahill
Mt. Washington, New Hampshire -USA



P.L. Nimis; Owner: Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste
Herbarium: TSB (8712)
2001/12/05


Andres Saag; Owner: University of Tartu


Triin Aimla; Owner: University of Tartu



Juri Nascimbene - CC BY-SA 4.0; Owner: ITALIC - Dyades Project - Dept. of Life Sciences, University of Trieste
Italy, Trentino-Alto Adige, Trento, Monte Bondone
2014


Leif Stridvall
Courtesy: Anita Stridvall


Leif Stridvall
Courtesy: Anita Stridvall


Leif Stridvall
Courtesy: Anita Stridvall


Hillmann J. 1936. Parmeliaceae. In: Rabenhorst’s Kryptogamen-Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz. 2nd, IX, Die Flechten, Abt. 5, 3. Borntraeger\Leipzig, pp. 1-309.


Leif Stridvall - Source: http://www.stridvall.se/la/galleries.php



P.L. Nimis CC BY-SA 4.0
TSB 44065



P.L. Nimis CC BY-SA 4.0
TSB 44065