Collemopsidium halodytes (Nyl.) Grube & B.D. Ryan   (redirected from: Pyrenocollema halodytes (Nyl.) R.C. Harris)
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Family: Xanthopyreniaceae
[Arthopyrenia gyalectoides M. Knowles ex A.L. Sm., moreArthopyrenia halodytes (Nyl.) Arnold, Arthopyrenia halodytes f. fusca B. de Lesd., Arthopyrenia halodytes f. halodytes (Nyl.) Arnold, Arthopyrenia halodytes var. halodytes (Nyl.) Arnold, Arthopyrenia halodytes var. hollii A.L. Sm., Arthopyrenia halodytes var. tenuicula (Wedd.) H. Olivier, Arthopyrenia kelpii Körb., Leiophloea halodytes (Nyl.) Trevis., Paraphysothele halodytes (Nyl.) Keissl., Paraphysothele halodytes f. fusca (B. de Lesd.) Keissl., Paraphysothele halodytes f. halodytes (Nyl.) Keissl., Paraphysothele halodytes f. tenuicula (Wedd.) Keissl., Pseudarthopyrenia gyalectoidea (M. Knowles ex A.L. Sm.) Keissl., Pseudarthopyrenia gyalectoides (M. Knowles ex A.L. Sm.) Keissl., Pyrenocollema halodytes (Nyl.) R.C. Harris, Thelidium halodytes (Nyl.) Erichsen, Thelidium halodytes f. halodytes (Nyl.) Erichsen, Thelidium halodytes f. tenuiculum (Wedd.) Erichsen, Verrucaria halodytes Nyl., Verrucaria kelpii (Körb.) Sandst.]
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Nash, T.H., Ryan, B.D., Gries, C., Bungartz, F., (eds.) 2002. Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region. Vol 1.
Thallus: superficial and to nearly 100 µm thick surface: yellow-brown to dull brown, often glossy, scabrid in sheltered sites, subgelatinous photobiont: a cyanobacterium, Hyella; cells: orange, small, up to 12 um in diam. Perithecia: 0.2-0.25 (-0.3) mm diam., sessile on siliceous rocks, flattened, with a black ring around the ostiole (resembling life savers, especially when wet) and a pale base, globose and immersed on calcareous substrate 12-20 (-27) x 5-8 (-10) µm involucrellum: sometimes distinct asci: ovoid to subcylindrical, c. 8-spored ascospores: narrowly ovoid, hyaline, 1-septate, cells unequal in size, Pycnidia: 60-80 µm diam conidia: bacilliform to ellipsoid, 2.5-3.5 x 0.5-1 um Spot tests: all negative Secondary metabolites: none detected. Substrate and ecology: on siliceous rocks, also superficial on limestone and shells (barnacles, limpets, etc.) in the littoral zone World distribution: widespread in Northern Hemisphere Sonoran distribution: coastal California [reported from central part, but likely to also occur in southern part]. Notes: This widespread, morphologically variable taxon needs further study and may include several species.
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