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Melanohalea septentrionalis
Melanohalea septentrionalis
(Lynge) O. Blanco, A. Crespo, Divakar, Essl., D. Hawksw. & Lumbsch
Family:
Parmeliaceae
[
Melanelia septentrionalis
(Lynge) Essl.,
more
Parmelia olivacea var. septentrionalis
Lynge,
Parmelia septentrionalis
(Lynge) Ahti
]
Troy McMullin
LIAS
Resources
Botanische Staatssammlung München
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) | brown(ish) green (olivaceous, olive green) | green(ish) brown (olive brown) [th upper surface]: epruinose | pruinose [th upper surface] pruina: scarce, sparse, fine [th marginal and upper surface] specific structures: absent [th] morphol substructures (eg areoles, lobes, branches) width [mm]: (min) 0.5 (low) 1.0 (high) 3.0 (max) 4.0 [th] morphol substructures (eg areoles, squamules): distantly discontiguous [th] morphol substructures (eg areoles, lobes, branches) upper
surface:
smooth, plane | pseudocyphellate, with pseudocyphellae [th] morphol substructures (eg lobes, branches): subdichotomous | irregular [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]: (median) 3.0 (max) 5.0
ascoma:
sessile, superficial [ascm, if apoth] disc, mazaedium: brown(ish) (if pale: fawn, tan; if mid: cinnamon) [ascm, if apoth] disc, mazaedium: epruinose [ascm, if apoth] margin surface; [if perith] periostiolar area, ostiole, involucrellum: brown(ish) (if pale: fawn, tan; if mid: cinnamon) | red(dish) brown (if pale: orange brown) [ascm, if apoth] margin excipular photobionts: present [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 [asp] length [µm]: (low) 9.0 (high) 15.0 [asp] width [µm]: (low) 5.0 (high) 8.5 [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) 5.0 (high) 6.5
secondary metabolites:
absent | 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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