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Melanohalea olivacea (L.) O. Blanco, A. Crespo, Divakar, Essl., D. Hawksw. & Lumbsch  
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Family: Parmeliaceae
[Imbricaria olivacea (L.) DC., moreImbricaria olivacea f. olivacea (L.) DC., Imbricaria olivacea f. papulosa Anzi, Imbricaria olivacea var. imbricata A. Massal., Imbricaria olivacea var. olivacea (L.) DC., Lichen olivaceus L., Melanelia olivacea (L.) Eassl., Melanelia olivacea f. albopunctata (Asahina) S.Y. Kondr., Melanelia olivacea f. caesiopruinosa (Lynge) S.Y. Kondr., Melanelia olivacea f. olivacea (L.) Essl., Parmelia olivacea L. (Ach.), Parmelia olivacea f. albopunctata Asahina, Parmelia olivacea f. caesiopruinosa Lynge, Parmelia olivacea f. olivacea (L.) Ach., Parmelia olivacea var. abortiva Schaer., Parmelia olivacea var. albopunctata (Asahina) Ahti, Parmelia olivacea var. arenisaxicola Gyeln., Parmelia olivacea var. corticola Th. Fr., Parmelia olivacea var. delisei Duby, Parmelia olivacea var. elegantula Zahlbr., Parmelia olivacea var. furfuracea , Parmelia olivacea var. leucocheila A. Massal., Parmelia olivacea var. olivacea (L.) Ach., Parmelia olivacea var. polyspora Herre, Platysma olivaceum (L.) Frege]
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Life habit: lichenized (mutualistic with algal photobionts) thallus: foliose (foliaceous), leaf-like thallus: continuous, diffuse, effuse [th] upper surface: brown(ish) (if pale: fawn, tan; if mid: cinnamon) | green(ish) brown (olive brown) [th upper surface]: epruinose | pruinose [th marginal and upper surface] specific structures: absent [th] morphol substructures (eg areoles, lobes, branches) width [mm]: (min) 1.0 (low) 2.0 (high) 6.0 (max) 8.0 [th] morphol substructures (eg areoles, squamules): distantly discontiguous [th] morphol substructures (eg areoles, lobes, branches) upper surface: smooth, plane | verrucose, warted | rugose, plicate, folded, pustulate, faveolate, wrinkled | pseudocyphellate, with pseudocyphellae [th] lower surface: black(ish) | brown(ish) (if pale: fawn, tan; if mid: cinnamon) [th lower surface] specific structures: present [th lower surface] rhizines, rhizoid structures: present [th lower surface] rhizines, rhizinoid structures: unbranched, simple ascomata: absent | present ascoma: apothecial, apothecioid – hymenial ascoma [mm]: (min) 9.0 [ascm, if apoth] subhymenial layers, hypothecium; [if perith] basal excipulum: hyaline, colourless [ascm] paraphyses/-oids: present asci: lecanoralean [asc] tholus: thickened [asc] tholus amyloidity (iodine reaction): present [asc] tholus amyloidity pattern: amyloid with widening axial body towards the apex (= Lecanora-, Parmelia-, Rinodina-types etc) ascospores: (median) 8.0 [asp] shape: ellipsoidal | ovoid, ovate [asp] length [µm]: (low) 12.0 (high) 15.0 (max) 16.0 [asp] width [µm]: (low) 7.0 (high) 9.0 [asp] septa: absent – spore lumen unilocular, monolocular [asp] pigmentation: hyaline, colourless [asp] perispore, epispore: not apparent conidiomata: absent | present conidia: bifusiform | acerose (needle-shaped) [co] length [µm]: (low) 5.5 (high) 7.0 (max) 8.0 secondary metabolites: present secondary metabolites: fumarprotocetraric acid | protocetraric acid primary photobiont: present secondary photobionts (eg in cephalodia): absent primary photobiont: chlorophytaceous – trebouxiaceous, chlorococcoid.

substrate: bark, cork, plant surface – trunks, branches, twigs.
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