Buellia schaereri
Buellia schaereri | |
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on old oak trunk; scale bar=1 mm | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Caliciales |
Family: | Caliciaceae |
Genus: | Buellia |
Species: | B. schaereri
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Binomial name | |
Buellia schaereri De Not. (1846)
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Synonyms[1] | |
Buellia schaereri is a species of lichen in the family Caliciaceae. It was formally described as a new species in 1849 by Italian botanist Giuseppe De Notaris.[2] The botanical name honours Swiss pastor and lichenologist Ludwig Schaerer.[3] It is a widely distributed lichen, occurring in Africa, Asia, Northern and Central Europe, Macaronesia, Central America, and North America. It grows on the bark and wood of trees, especially conifers and oak.[4]
Description
[edit]Buellia schaereri has a thin, effuse, pale grey thallus. It has dark brown to black apothecia that measure 0.2–0.3 mm in diameter, with a flat to convex disc. The ascospores it makes are smooth and thin-walled with a single septum and typical dimensions of 6–10 by 2.5–4 μm. Pycnidia are visible as tiny (50–70 μm) black specks on the thallus surface; they are often numerous. They produce short oblong to ellipsoid conidia measuring 2–3 by 1–1.4 μm.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Synonymy: Buellia schaereri De Not., G. bot. ital. 2(1.1): 199 (1846)". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
- ^ De Notaris, G. (1846). "Frammenti lichenografici di un lavoro inedito". Giornale Botanico Italiano (in Italian). 2 (1): 174–224 [199].
- ^ Hertel, Hannes; Gärtner, Georg; Lőkös, László (2017). "Forscher an Österreichs Flechtenflora" [Investigators of Austria's lichen flora] (PDF). Stapfia (in German). 104 (2): 1–211 (see pp. 126–127). ISSN 0252-192X.
- ^ a b Coppins, B.J.; Scheidegger, C.; Aptroot, A. (2009). "Buellia". In Smith, C.W.; Aptroot, A.; Coppins, B.J.; Fletcher, A.; Gilbert, O.L.; James, P.W.; Wolseley, P.A. (eds.). The Lichens of Great Britain and Ireland. London: British Lichen Society; Natural History Museum. p. 237. ISBN 978-0-9540418-8-5.