Candelariella antennaria

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Candelariella antennaria
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Physcia dubia (large foliose lichen) alongside Candelariella antennaria (grey/yellow crustose lichen)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Candelariomycetes
Order: Candelariales
Family: Candelariaceae
Genus: Candelariella
Species:
C. antennaria
Binomial name
Candelariella antennaria
Räsänen (1939) [1]

Candelariella antennaria, or the pussytoes eggyolk lichen, [2] is a lichen commonly distributed in North America, and has been observed in South America, Asia, Australia, and Europe. [3] [4] [5] [6] It is characterized by its gray thallus and bright yellow apothecia, as well as its very small size. [3]

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Characteristics

Candelariella antennaria is a crustose lichen best characterized by its yellow apothecia, which make up the majority of the visible lichen. The apothecial disc is a lemon-yellow or orange-yellow, flat, and not exceeding 1 mm in diameter. [3] The disc may test K negative, or reddish. [3] All other spot tests are negative. [3] The thallus is colored gray and scattered, but not granular. [5] The thallus is composed of non-gelatinized and thin-walled hyphae that do not form stipes. [6] The lichen is small, which makes it hard to spot. [7]

Habitat

Candelariella antennaria is most often found on tree bark of deciduous trees. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Anales Soc. Ci. Argent. 128: 137. 1939.
  2. ↑ "Plants Profile for Candelariella antennaria (pussytoes eggyolk lichen)". plants.usda.gov.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Thomas H. Nash III; P Diederich; Frank Bungartz; BD Ryan, eds. (2002). Lichen flora of the greater Sonoran Desert region. Tempe, Ariz.: Lichens Unlimited. ISBN   0-9716759-0-2. OCLC   50120839.
  4. ↑ Westberg, Martin (September 2007). "Candelariella (Candelariaceae) in western United States and northern Mexico: the 8-spored, lecanorine species" . The Bryologist. 110 (3): 391–419. doi:10.1639/0007-2745(2007)110[391:cciwus]2.0.co;2. ISSN   0007-2745.
  5. 1 2 Westberg, Martin & Clerc, Philippe. (March 2012). Five species of Candelaria and Candelariella (Ascomycota, Candelariales) new to Switzerland. MycoKeys. 3. 10.3897/mycokeys.3.2864.
  6. 1 2 Yakovchenko, Lidia & Ismailov, Aziz & Westberg, Martin. (2012). Candelariella antennaria NEW TO Russia, Kazakhstan, Nepal, and India. Turczaninowia. 15. 27-30.
  7. ↑ "Plants of the Gila Wilderness-- Candelariella antennaria". wnmu.edu.
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