Cetraria islandica
(L.) Ach.
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Life habit:
lichenized (mutualistic with algal photobionts)
thallus:
foliose (foliaceous), leaf-like | fruticose (fruticous), shrub-like, beard-like [th] upper surface: brown(ish) (if pale: fawn, tan; if mid: cinnamon) [th marginal and upper surface] specific structures: absent [th] morphol substructures (eg areoles, lobes, branches) upper
surface:
pseudocyphellate, with pseudocyphellae
ascomata:
absent
secondary metabolites:
present
secondary metabolites:
fumarprotocetraric acid | protocetraric acid | protolichesterinic acid
primary photobiont:
present
secondary photobionts
(eg in cephalodia): absent
primary photobiont:
chlorophytaceous trebouxiaceous, chlorococcoid.
substrate:
soil, clay, humus, turf, detritus, dead leaves.
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