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Cetraria islandica
Cetraria islandica
(L.) Ach.
Family:
Parmeliaceae
Iceland Moss
[
Cetraria islandica f. islandica
(L.) Ach.,
more
Cetraria islandica f. platyna
(Ach.) Bausch,
Cetraria islandica subsp. crispiformis
(Räsänen) Kärnefelt,
Cetraria islandica subsp. islandica
,
Cetraria islandica var. crispiformis
Räsänen,
Cetraria islandica var. islandica
(L.) Ach.,
Cetraria islandica var. platyna
(Ach.) Ach.,
Cetraria platyna
Ach.,
Cornicularia islandica
(L.) Mart.,
Lichen islandicus
L.,
Lichen islandicus var. islandicus
L.,
Lichenoides islandicum
(L.) Hoffm.,
Lobaria islandica
(L.) Hoffm.,
Parmelia islandica
(L.) Hepp,
Physcia islandica
(L.) Michx.,
Platyphyllum islandicum
(L.) Vent.,
Platysma islandicum
(L.) Ferge
]
Stephen Sharnoff
LIAS
Resources
Botanische Staatssammlung München
Life habit:
lichenized (mutualistic with algal photobionts)
thallus:
foliose (foliaceous), leaf-like | fruticose (fruticous), shrub-like, beard-like [th] upper surface: brown(ish) (if pale: fawn, tan; if mid: cinnamon) [th marginal and upper surface] specific structures: absent [th] morphol substructures (eg areoles, lobes, branches) upper
surface:
pseudocyphellate, with pseudocyphellae
ascomata:
absent
secondary metabolites:
present
secondary metabolites:
fumarprotocetraric acid | protocetraric acid | protolichesterinic 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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Lucy Taylor
The New York Botanical Garden
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