Thallus
fruticose, grey, terricolous, forming cushions, with broad and flattened
lacinia.
Reproduction: Orange apothecia (2-11) mm, with a grey margin; thallus fragmentation.
Photobiont: Chlorococcoid.
Spot
tests: Thallus K-; apothecia and pycnidia K+ purple.
Chemistry
(Seirophora genus): apothecial disc, and sometimes also thallus, with
parietin (major), fallacinal, teloschistin, and parietinic acid (all minor),
and emodin (minor).
Reproduction: Orange apothecia (2-11) mm, with a grey margin; thallus fragmentation.
Habitat: Terricolous steppe, living directly on gypsum and clay soils, or at the base of plants and shrubs, also can occur as a vagrant lichen.
Source: Google earth - Bellmunt-Almenara Natural Area |
Ecology, geology: On soil, Plandogau soil, WRB World Soil Reference Haplic Gypsisol (Siltic); Soil Taxonomy: Gypsic Haploxerepts, Association of gypsum Haploxerepts. The soils of the Plandogau cartographic unit are very deep, well drained, of medium textures with few coarse elements. They were formed on terrigenous detrital materials rich in gypsum. They present many vermiform secondary accumulations and gypsum crystals, which give rise to a gypsum horizon.
Bibliography:
Frödén, Patrik; Lassen, Per (2004). "Typification and emendation of Seirophora Poelt to include species segregated from Teloschistes Norman". The Lichenologist. 36 (5): 289–298.
Index Fungorum https://www.indexfungorum.org/names/NamesRecord.asp?RecordID=487872
Nimis P.L., 2024. ITALIC - The Information System on Italian Lichens. Version 7.0. University of Trieste, Dept. of Biology, (https://dryades.units.it/italic), accessed on 2024/07/13. for all. All data are released under a CC BY-SA 4.0 licence. https://italic.units.it/index.php?procedure=genuspage&ID_genus=349
Poelt, J. (1983). "Musterbeispiele analoger Lagerdifferenzierung bei Flechten: Almbornia, Speerschneidera, Seirophora gen. nov" [Exemplary cases of analog differential storage in lichens: Almbornia, Speerschneidera, Seirophora gen nov.]. Flora, Regensburg 174 (5/6): 439–445.
Frödén, Patrik; Lassen, Per (2004). "Typification and emendation of Seirophora Poelt to include species segregated from Teloschistes Norman". The Lichenologist. 36 (5): 289–298.
Index Fungorum https://www.indexfungorum.org/names/NamesRecord.asp?RecordID=487872
Nimis P.L., 2024. ITALIC - The Information System on Italian Lichens. Version 7.0. University of Trieste, Dept. of Biology, (https://dryades.units.it/italic), accessed on 2024/07/13. for all. All data are released under a CC BY-SA 4.0 licence. https://italic.units.it/index.php?procedure=genuspage&ID_genus=349
Poelt, J. (1983). "Musterbeispiele analoger Lagerdifferenzierung bei Flechten: Almbornia, Speerschneidera, Seirophora gen. nov" [Exemplary cases of analog differential storage in lichens: Almbornia, Speerschneidera, Seirophora gen nov.]. Flora, Regensburg 174 (5/6): 439–445.