Lecidea plebeja
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Lecideaceae
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Life habit:
lichenized (mutualistic with algal photobionts)
thallus:
crustose (crustaceous) – endosubstratal, inconspicuous, immersed [th marginal and upper surface] specific structures: absent
ascomata:
absent | present
ascoma:
apothecial, apothecioid – hymenial
ascoma
[mm]: (median) 0.5
ascoma:
sessile, superficial [ascm, if apoth] disc, mazaedium: plane, flat, flattened, expanded | subconvex, slightly convex | convex [ascm, if apoth] disc, mazaedium: black(ish) [ascm, if apoth] margin surface; [if perith] periostiolar area, ostiole, involucrellum: black(ish) [ascm, if apoth] margin excipular photobionts: absent [ascm, if apoth] subhymenial layers, hypothecium; [if perith]
basal excipulum:
brown(ish) (if pale: fawn, tan; if mid: cinnamon) [ascm] paraphyses/-oids: present [ascm] epihymenium, epithecium: brown(ish) (if pale: fawn, tan; if mid: cinnamon)
asci:
lecanoralean [asc] tholus: thickened [asc] tholus amyloidity (iodine reaction): present
ascospores:
(median) 8.0 [asp] shape: ellipsoidal | elongate-fusiform, ellipsoidal-fusiform | filiform, vermiform [asp] length [µm]: (low) 7.0 (high) 11.0 [asp] width [µm]: (low) 2.5 (high) 3.0 [asp] septa: absent – spore lumen unilocular, monolocular [asp] pigmentation: hyaline, colourless [asp] perispore, epispore: not apparent
primary photobiont:
present
secondary photobionts
(eg in cephalodia): absent
primary photobiont:
chlorophytaceous – trebouxiaceous, chlorococcoid.
substrate:
wood – dead, living | bark, cork, plant surface – trunks, branches, twigs.
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