Hymenelia epulotica (Ach.) Lutzoni  
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Family: Hymeneliaceae
[Aspicilia epulotica (Ach.) Anzi, moreBiatora epulotica (Ach.) Hepp, Gyalecta epulotica Ach., Gyalecta epulotica f. epulotica Ach., Gyalecta epulotica f. superficialis Grognot, Gyalecta epulotica f. varians Grognot, Gyalecta epulotica var. confluens Grognot, Gyalecta epulotica var. epulotica Ach., Ionaspis epulotica (Ach.) Arnold, Ionaspis epulotica f. epulotica (Ach.) Blomb. & Forssell, Ionaspis epulotica f. patellula (Arnold) Arnold, Ionaspis epulotica var. cinerascens H. Magn., Ionaspis epulotica var. confluens (Grognot) H. Magn., Ionaspis epulotica var. crustosa H. Magn., Ionaspis epulotica var. depauperata H. Magn., Ionaspis epulotica var. epulotica (Ach.) Blomb. & Forssell, Ionaspis epulotica var. macrocarpa Creveld, Ionaspis epulotica var. patellula (Arnold) H. Magn., Ionaspis epulotica var. superficiale (Grognot) H. Magn., Ionaspis epulotica var. varians (Grognot) H. Magn., Lecanora epulotica (Ach.) Nyl. ex Cromb., Lecidea epulotica (Ach.) Nyl., Pinacisca epulotica (Ach.) Trevis.]
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Life habit: lichenized (mutualistic with algal photobionts) thallus: crustose (crustaceous) – endosubstratal, inconspicuous, immersed | crustose (crustaceous) – episubstratal – unspecified thallus: compartimentized – areolate, squamulate [th] upper surface: white(ish) | brown(ish) yellow (ochraceous, ochre) | brown(ish) red (carneous) [th marginal and upper surface] specific structures: absent ascomata: absent | present ascoma: apothecial, apothecioid – hymenial ascoma [mm]: (median) 0.5 (max) 0.7 ascoma: immersed, innate [ascm, if apoth] disc, mazaedium: white(ish) red (rose) [ascm] paraphyses/-oids: present asci: lecanoralean [asc] tholus: thickened [asc] tholus amyloidity (iodine reaction): absent ascospores: (median) 8.0 [asp] length [µm]: (low) 13.0 (high) 22.0 [asp] width [µm]: (low) 7.0 (high) 12.0 [asp] septa: absent – spore lumen unilocular, monolocular [asp] pigmentation: hyaline, colourless [asp] perispore, epispore: not apparent secondary metabolites: absent primary photobiont: present secondary photobionts (eg in cephalodia): absent primary photobiont: chlorophytaceous – trentepohliaceous, trentepohlioid.

substrate: rock – calcareous, calciferous, basic.
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