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Bryoria nitidula (Th. Fr.) Brodo & D. Hawksw.
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Family: Parmeliaceae
[Alectoria irvingii Llano, moreAlectoria nitidula (Th. Fr.) Vain., Alectoria nitidula f. caespitosa (Savicz) Zahlbr., Alectoria nitidula f. nitidula (Th. Fr.) Vain., Alectoria nitidula f. patens (Savicz) Zahlbr., Bryopogon bicolor var. nitidulus (Th. Fr.) Gyeln., Bryopogon jubatus var. nitidulum Th. Fr., Bryopogon nitidulus (Th. Fr.) Elenkin & Savicz, Bryopogon nitidulus f. caespitosa Savicz, Bryopogon nitidulus f. nitidulus (Th. Fr.) Elenkin & Savicz, Bryopogon nitidulus f. patens Savicz]  Stephen Sharnoff |
Life habit: lichenized (mutualistic with algal photobionts) thallus: fruticose (fruticous), shrub-like, beard-like thallus: continuous, diffuse, effuse [th] upper surface: black(ish) | brown(ish) (if pale: fawn, tan; if mid: cinnamon) [th upper surface]: epruinose [th marginal and upper surface] specific structures: absent [th] morphol substructures (eg areoles, lobes, branches) width [mm]: (low) 0.5 (high) 0.8 [th] morphol substructures (eg areoles, squamules): distantly discontiguous [th] morphol substructures (eg lobes, branches): anisotomic-dichotomous ascomata: absent secondary metabolites: present secondary metabolites: fumarprotocetraric acid primary photobiont: present secondary photobionts (eg in cephalodia): absent primary photobiont: chlorophytaceous trebouxiaceous, chlorococcoid. substrate: soil, clay, humus, turf, detritus, dead leaves. |
