Lithoglypha Brusse (1988)
Data Set Maintenance: Data set standard item. Data set author(s): Rambold G. Data set not revised; to be published after submission.
Nomenclature: Current taxonomic status: accepted or basionymous. Taxonomic rank: genus. Number of known taxa within this rank: 1. Lithoglypha. Acarosporaceae Zahlbr. (1906); Acarosporineae; Lecanorales.
Type Information: Type: Lithoglypha aggregata Brusse.
Taxonomic Literature: Brusse F.A., Bothalia 18: 89-96 (1988).
Ecology: Biotroph; lichenized; substrate non-calciferous.
Lichen Photobionts: Primary photobiont present; chlorococcal. Secondary photobiont absent.
Thallus: Indistinct.
Reproduction Strategy: Only known as sterile, asexually reproducing form or with sexual (and possible asexual) stages. Ascocarps: Apothecioid, orbicular, linear, or irregular, soon sessile. Margin: Prominent; external filaments absent. Exciple: Black or brown. Periphyses: Absent. Epithecium: Apical cells brown. Interascal Hyphae: Present, scarcely branched, not or scarcely anastomosed. Hypothecium: White or brownish yellow.
Asci: Tholus thickened, not amyloid; dehiscence lecanoralean.
Ascospores: More than 32 per ascus, ellipsoid, 2-8 µm long, 1-3 µm wide, obtuse; septa absent; wall thin, not thickened at the septum, hyaline, in Lugol's Solution negative, wall not ornamented.
Conidiomata: Absent resp. not observed or present; pycnidial; immersed, formed all accross the thallus surface.
Conidiogeneous Cells: Apical. Conidia: Bacilliform.
Secondary Metabolites: Not detected.
(report generated 04.Okt.2007)
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