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Lecanora sulphurea (Hoffm.) Ach.

Lecanora sulphurea (Hoffm.) Ach.

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Family: LECANORACEAE

Habitat: Xeric supralittoral  zone

Description

    Thallus crustose, rather thick, tightly appressed to the substratum, usually smooth, but sometimes crazed to craked, uneven, granulose with scattered large granules, pale yellowish, pale yellow-greenish, grey-greenish, prothallus rather inconspicuous, greyish. Apothecia common, seldom numerous, often clustered towards thallus center, 1-1.5 mm diam., scarcely any extending above the thallus surface, at least initially, disc irregular to distorted, yellow-greenish, brown-greenish, covered with a greyish pruine and darkening with age with green or green-bluish tinges, thalline exciple concolorous, irregular, soon excluded. Ascii 40-60 x 15-20 µm according to our measures. Ascospores colourless, simple (but ascospores with apparent septa may be observed), ellipsoid, 10-13 x 4,5-5,5 µm according to literature, 10-13 (14) x 4,5-6 µm according to our measures. Pycnidia numerous, visible as minute black dots. Photobiont: Trebouxia. C-, K+ brown-yellowish, KC+ yellow, Pd-. Common, on nutrient-rich acid rocks in the seaspray zone ( xeric and aerohaline suprlittoral zone), but also inland, though far less frequent (different taxon?).

N.B. This species may often start as a parasite on other crustose lichens and entirely destroy the host thalli, notably on Tephromela atra which is the preferential host subtratum (see Lecanora sulphurea parasite de Tephromela atra). It also competes with another parasitic species on Tephromela atra: Diploschistes caesioplumbeus (see Lecanora sulphurea forme parasite de  Diploschistes caesioplumbeus).

N.B. This species is sometimes considered as the nonsorediate form of Lecanora orosthea of which the thallus is thinner.

N.B. Apothecia frequently are infested by parasitic species and then distorted and dark brown to blackish.





Lecanora sulphurea (Hoffm.) Ach.

Lecanora sulphurea Cap de la Chèvre 2
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Lecanora sulphurea (Hoffm.) Ach.

Lecanora sulphurea Pointe de Dinan 2
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Lecanora sulphurea Pointe de Dinan 1
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Lecanora sulphurea (Hoffm.) Ach.

Lecanora sulphurea avec de nombreuses pycnides Pointe de Pen-Hir 1
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Lecanora sulphurea La Palue Crozon
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Lecanora sulphurea Cap de la Chèvre 1
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Lecanora sulphurea Pointe du Raz
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Lecanora sulphurea Brest 3
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Lecanora sulphurea Brest 4
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Lecanora sulphurea (Hoffm.) Ach.

Lecanora sulphurea Brest 2
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Lecanora sulphurea (Hoffm.) Ach.

Lecanora sulphurea Brest 1
Joël QUERELLOU

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Lecanora sulphurea Le Toulinguet
Alain GERAULT

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Lecanora sulphurea Roscanvel
Alain GERAULT

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Lecanora sulphurea Cap de la Chèvre 3
Michel DAVID

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Lecanora sulphurea Asque Rouge Congo Le Conquet 2
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Lecanora sulphurea (Hoffm.) Ach.

Lecanora sulphurea Asque Rouge Congo et Bleu Coton Le Conquet 3
Jacques HAINE

Lecanora sulphurea (Hoffm.) Ach.

Lecanora sulphurea Spores Rouge Congo Le Conquet 4

Lecanora sulphurea (Hoffm.) Ach.

Lecanora sulphurea Asques avec 2 sortes de spores Phloxine B Le Conquet
Jacques HAINE

Lecanora sulphurea (Hoffm.) Ach.

Lecanora sulphurea Pointe de Pen-Hir 2
Jacques HAINE

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Lecanora sulphurea Coupe apothécie Pointe de Pen-Hir 3
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Lecanora sulphurea Coupe apothécie micro Pointe de Pen-Hir 4
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Lecanora sulphurea Asques et paraphyses Lactophénol Pointe de Pen-Hir 5
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Lecanora sulphurea Ile d'Yeu Pointe de la Tranche 1
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Lecanora sulphurea Ile d'Yeu Pointe de la Tranche 2
Bernard BOUFFINIER



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