Consortium of
North American Lichen Herbaria
- building a Global Consortium of Bryophytes and Lichens as keystones of cryptobiotic communities -
Login New Account
  • Home
  • Search
    • Specimen Search
    • Map Search
    • Exsiccatae
    • Dynamic Species List
    • Dynamic Identification Key
    • Taxonomic Explorer
  • Images
    • Image Browser
    • Image Search
  • Species Checklists
    • North America
    • Canada
    • US States: A-L >
      • Alaska
      • Arizona
      • Arkansas
      • California
      • Colorado
      • Florida
      • Georgia
      • Hawai'i
      • Idaho
      • Illinois
      • Indiana
      • Iowa
      • Kansas
      • Kentucky
    • US States: M-Q >
      • Maine
      • Maryland
      • Massachusetts
      • Michigan
      • Missouri
      • Montana
      • Minnesota
      • Mississippi
      • Nebraska
      • Nevada
      • New Jersey
      • New Mexico
      • New York
      • North Carolina
      • North Dakota
      • Ohio
      • Oklahoma
      • Oregon
      • Pennsylvania
    • US States: S-Z >
      • South Carolina
      • South Dakota
      • Tennessee
      • Texas
      • Utah
      • Virginia
      • Washington, D.C.
      • Washington
      • West Virginia
      • Wisconsin
      • Wyoming
    • US National Parks
    • Southern Subpolar Region
  • Crowdsourcing
  • Associated Projects
    • Arctic Lichens
    • Bryophyte Portal (CNABH)
    • Líquenes en América Latina (CHLAL)
    • MyCoPortal
  • More Information
    • Symbiota Help
    • Partners
    • About
    • Data Usage Policy
    • Links
  • Sitemap
  • Help & Resources
Candelariella antennaria Räsänen  
Go To Encyclopedia of Life...
Family: Candelariaceae
Candelariella antennaria image
Martin Westberg  
  • Greater Sonoran Desert
  • Web Links
Nash, T.H., Ryan, B.D., Gries, C., Bungartz, F., (eds.) 2004. Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region. Vol 2.
Thallus: variable, indistinct or a thin to thick amorphous crust to thick and ±continuous, sometimes granular surface: pale to dark gray to brownish gray to green-gray cortex: pseudoparenchymatous, 5-10 µm thick Apothecia: abundant, lecanorine, 0.25-0.7 mm wide disc: yellow, round, ±flat margin: thin to thick, persistent, yellow but outer part often gray especially in young apothecia, smooth or appearing somewhat "hairy" exciple: thin, not visible from the outside epihymenium: yellow-brown hymenium: hyaline, 55-80 µm tall; paraphyses: frequently branched near the apices, mostly club-shaped to submoniliform with up to 7 µm wide tips; hypothecium: hyaline asci: clavate, 8-spored ascospores: hyaline, simple to 1septate, oblong to narrowly ellipsoid, 11-17 x 5-6.5 µm Pycnidia: rare, appearing as yellow spots on the thallus conidia: hyaline, oblong to ellipsoid, 2.5-3 x 1.2-1.5 µm Spot tests: disc K- to K+ reddish, KC-, C- Secondary metabolites: in yellow parts, calycin, pulvinic acid, pulvinic dilactone and vulpinic acid. Substrate and ecology: on the bark of broad-leaved trees or on wood World distribution: North and South America, Asia, and Australia Sonoran distribution: on a wide variety of trees and shrubs in desert-grassland transitions, juniper chaparral, pinyon pine-juniper woodland and mixed pine forests in Arizona and California up to at least 2300 m. Notes: Candelariella antennaria is a common species with a rather variable thallus appearance. It is characterized by the lack of a yellow thallus and its club-shaped to submoniliform paraphyses, which are frequently branched near the apices. Usually the name C. deflexa, which is a synonym to C. aurella, has been used for this taxon in North America.
  • Encyclopedia of Life
  • Google Search Engine
  • Google Images
Candelariella antennaria
Open Interactive Map
Candelariella antennaria image
Garry Neil  
Candelariella antennaria image
Garry Neil  
Candelariella antennaria image
Candelariella antennaria image
Candelariella antennaria image
Candelariella antennaria image
Candelariella antennaria image
Candelariella antennaria image
Candelariella antennaria image
Click to Display
10 Total Images

This project made possible by National Science Foundation Awards: #1115116, #2001500, #2001394