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Staurothele fissa
(Taylor) Zwackh
Family:
Verrucariaceae
[
Dermatocarpon lithinum
(Ach.) Arnold,
more
Endocarpon fissum
Leight.,
Endocarpon lithinum
(Ach.) Leight.,
Polyblastia fissa
(Taylor) Jatta,
Polyblastia umbrina
(Wahlenb.) Rostr.,
Polyblastia umbrina var. calcarea
(Nyl.) Boistel,
Polyblastia umbrina var. huei
Boistel,
Polyblastia umbrina var. umbrina
(Wahlenb.) Rostr.,
Pyrenula lithina
(Ach.) Ach.,
Sphaeromphale fissa
(Taylor) Körb.,
Sphaeromphale umbrina
(Wahlenb.) Mudd,
Staurothele hazslinskyi
(Körb.) Steiner,
Staurothele umbrina
(Wahlenb.) Tuck.,
Verrucaria fissa
Taylor,
Verrucaria lithina
Ach.,
Verrucaria umbrina
Wahlenb.,
Verrucaria umbrina var. monospora
Nyl.,
Verrucaria umbrina var. umbrina
Wahlenb.
]
Stephen Sharnoff
LIAS
Resources
Botanische Staatssammlung München
Life habit:
lichenized (mutualistic with algal photobionts)
thallus:
crustose (crustaceous) episubstratal unspecified
thallus:
continuous, diffuse, effuse | cracked, fissured, fractured, rimose | compartimentized areolate, squamulate [th] upper surface: brown(ish) (if pale: fawn, tan; if mid: cinnamon) | brown(ish) black | black(ish) brown | green(ish) brown (olive brown) | red(dish) brown (if pale: orange brown) [th marginal and upper surface] specific structures: absent [th] morphol substructures (eg areoles, lobes, branches) upper
surface:
smooth, plane | uneven, undulate
ascomata:
absent | present
ascoma:
perithecial, perithecioid hymenial
ascoma
[mm]: (min) 0.24 (low) 0.3 (high) 0.6
ascoma:
immersed, innate | subsessile, subimmersed, adnate, semi-immersed, emergent [ascm, if apoth] margin surface; [if perith] periostiolar area, ostiole, involucrellum: black(ish) | brown(ish) black [ascm] paraphyses/-oids: absent
asci:
fissitunicate verrucarialean [asc] tholus: thickened [asc] tholus amyloidity (iodine reaction): absent
ascospores:
(median) 2.0 [asp] shape: ellipsoidal | oblong, oblong-obtuse [asp] length [µm]: (min) 30.0 (low) 37.0(median) 42.9 (high) 48.5 (max) 55.0 [asp] width [µm]: (min) 13.0 (low) 16.0(median) 18.0 (high) 20.0 (max) 25.5 [asp] septa: present [asp] septa: muriformly septate muriform, submuriform [asp] pigmentation: pale brown | medium brown, brownish | dark brown
conidiomata:
absent | present
conidia:
bacilliform, bacillar [co] length [µm]: (low) 3.0 (high) 4.0
secondary metabolites:
absent
primary photobiont:
present
secondary photobionts
(eg in cephalodia): absent
primary photobiont:
chlorophytaceous trebouxiaceous, chlorococcoid.
substrate:
rock siliceous, siliciferous, acidic | rock, stones, pebbles unspecified.
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Stephen Sharnoff
Stephen Sharnoff
Gabrielle Nielson
Gabrielle Nielson
Gabrielle Nielson
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This project made possible by National Science Foundation Awards:
#1115116
,
#2001500
,
#2001394
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