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Rinodina capensis Hampe
Rinodina capensis
Hampe
Synonyms:
Rinodina corticola
(Arnold) Arnold
Family: PHYSCIACEAE
Habitat: Ubiquitous
Description
Thallus crustose with irregular surface, cracked to areolate, greyish, whitish-grey, greenish-grey.
Apothecia usually numerous, lecanorines, immersed in the thallus at first then slightly sessile, 0.3-0.8 mm in diameter, disk flat then slightly convex, blackish, thalline margin thick, persistent, the color of the thallus.
Physcia
-like spores, brown, elliptical with a more or less straight side and thickened apices, 19-24 (27) x 10-11 µm according to literature, 19-27 (28) x 9-12 (14) according to our
measures.
Photobiont: chlorococcoid.
C-, weak yellow K+, weak yellow KC-, P- or P+.
Pioneer, corticolous or lignicole species growing on deciduous trees or conifers.
N.B. There are many species that look similar but have smaller spores.
Rinodina capensis sur Juniperus Corse Corbara 1
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Rinodina capensis sur Juniperus Corse Corbara 2
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Rinodina capensis Coupe apothécie KOH Corse Corbara 3
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Rinodina capensis Coupe écrasée KOH Corse Corbara 4
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Rinodina capensis Asques KOH Corse Corbara 5
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Rinodina capensis Asques Bleu Coton Corse Corbara S6
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Rinodina capensis Spores KOH Corse Corbara 7
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Rinodina capensis Spores Bleu Coton Corse Corbara 8
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