Cladonia verticillata
(Hoffm.) Schaer.
Family:
Cladoniaceae
[
Cladonia cervicornis subsp. verticillata
(Hoffm.) Ahti,
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Cladonia cervicornis var. verticillata
(Hoffm.) Flot.
]
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Life habit:
lichenized (mutualistic with algal photobionts)
thallus:
squamulose (squamulous) | fruticose (fruticous), shrub-like, beard-like [th marginal and upper surface] specific structures: absent [th] morphol substructures (eg areoles, lobes, branches) width [mm]: (low) 1.0 (high) 2.0
ascomata:
absent | present
ascoma:
apothecial, apothecioid hymenial
ascoma
[mm]: (low) 0.5 (high) 2.0
ascoma:
pedicellate, stipitate, pedunculate, stalked [ascm, if apoth] disc, mazaedium: convex [ascm, if apoth] disc, mazaedium: brown(ish) (if pale: fawn, tan; if mid: cinnamon) | red(dish) brown (if pale: orange brown) [ascm] paraphyses/-oids: present
asci:
lecanoralean [asc] tholus: thickened [asc] tholus amyloidity (iodine reaction): present [asc] tholus amyloidity pattern: with amyloid tube (= Collema-, Micarea-, Porpidia-, Psora-types etc) ascospores: (median) 8.0 [asp] septa: absent spore lumen unilocular, monolocular [asp] pigmentation: hyaline, colourless [asp] perispore, epispore: not apparent
secondary metabolites:
present
secondary metabolites:
fumarprotocetraric acid | protocetraric 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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