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Bagliettoa cazzae (Zahlbr.) Vezda & Poelt

Synonyms:

Verrucaria cazzae  Zahlbr.

Protobagliettoa alocyza (Arnold) Servit



Family: VERRUCARIACEAE

Habitat: Mediterranean

Description

    Thallus crustose, endolithic, smooth to slightly rugose, well delimited, prothallus inconspicuous, pale pink-purple, matt, often minutely dotted with dull black, but sometimes faded. Perithecia usually numerous, 0.1-0.2 mm diam., uniformly scattered all over the thallus, immersed in minute wells, apices little protruding or flat hardly visible, involucrellum black with radiating ribs; after perithecia loss minute cavities remain. Mature ascospores unknown. Photobiont: green algae. Chemical spot tests negative. Not especially maritime, absent in our prospection region, on  humid and shaded or little-lit hard limestone rocks, mainly in Mediterranean region. See Bagliettoa marmorea of which the thallus is more bright pink-purple with numerous pycnidia, larger perithecia without involucrellum and mature ascospores, on well-lit calcareous rocks.







Bagliettoa cazzae Corse Bastia 1
Bernard BOUFFINIER



Bagliettoa cazzae Corse Bastia 2
Bernard BOUFFINIER



Bagliettoa cazzae Corse Bastia 3
Bernard BOUFFINIER



Bagliettoa cazzae Corse Bastia 4
Bernard BOUFFINIER



Bagliettoa cazzae Corse Bastia 5
Bernard BOUFFINIER



Bagliettoa cazzae Corse Bastia 6
Bernard BOUFFINIER



Bagliettoa cazzae Corse Bastia 7
Bernard BOUFFINIER



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