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Lecanora campestris (Schaer.) Hue subsp. campestris s.l.

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Family: LECANORACEAE

Habitat: Ubiquitous

Description

       Thallus crustose, generally circular, up to 10 cm in diameter, more or less strongly warty or strongly granular, areolate, sometimes not very thick and poorly developed (the apothecia then appear isolated or in small groups on the substrate), dirty whitish, pale grayish, pale greenish-gray, grayish, pale bluish-gray, bordered by a whitish fimbriated hypothallus that is sometimes barely visible (N.B. On horizontal surfaces the thallus is often invaded by algae and it can become olive-colored or greenish-brown). Apothecia numerous, most often grouped towards the center, sessile, 0.5-1.5 mm in diameter, flat to slightly convex disc, smooth, red-brown, dark red-brown, orange-brown sometimes tinged green, often blackish at the end, margin clear, whitish, smooth and more or less convoluted. Asci of 45-65 x 14-20 µm according to our measurements, with 8 spores. Spores simple, broadly elliptical, 10-15 x 6-9 µm according to the literature, 11-15 x 6-9 according to our measurements. Photobiont: Trebouxia. C-, K+ yellow, KC+ yellow, P+ very pale yellow and often barely visible. Nitrophilous species not particularly maritime but common on weakly acidic rocks or on old walls along the sea, sometimes cement, concrete, asphalt, PVC furniture, etc.

_ Species that can be confused with Lecanora horiza corticole species but which can sometimes appear on old walls but which is K-.
 
Many taxa have been described:
 
Lecanora campestris subsp. campestris morpho campestris. The most common morphotype with a relatively thick, grayish, greenish-gray thallus, numerous apothecia with a red-brown, brownish, olive-brown disc.
 
Lecanora campestris subsp. campestris morpho campestris forme sur béton. Very nitrophilic form coming on concrete by the sea.
 
Lecanora campestris subsp. campestris morpho alba. with white, whitish thallus growing on limestone rocks.
 
Lecanora campestris subsp. campestris morpho atrata. whose apothecia disc is brown-black, blackish, black. Quite common morph especially on vertical surfaces.
 
Lecanora campestris subsp. campestris morpho atrata forme des surfaces horizontales en ciment. Urban form with a effuse thallus overgrown with algae or dust and few, scattered, blackish apothecia.
 
Lecanora campestris subsp. campestris morpho atrata forme sur ardoise. very nitrophilic ecoform in environments rich in ammonia.
 
Lecanora campestris subsp. campestris morpho atrata forme sur mobilier de jardin en PVC. On abandoned garden furniture in very harsh environments.
 






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