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Thamnolia Ach. ex Schaer. (1850)

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: 2 (A. Aptroot 99-09-27). Thamnolia. Genus of unknown placement (incertae sedis); of unknown placement (incertae sedis).

Type Information: Type: Thamnolia vermicularis (Sw.) Ach. ex Schaer.

Taxonomic Literature: Clauzade G. & Roux C., Bull. Soc. Bot. Centre-Ouest N.S. - Numero Special 7: 1-893 [734] (1985); Culberson W.L., Brittonia 15: 140-144 (1963); Galloway D.J., Flora of New Zealand Lichens: i-lxxiii, 1-662 [569-570], Wellington (1985); Poelt J., Bestimmungsschlüssel Europäischer Flechten: 1-757 [652-653] (1969); Purvis O.W. in: Purvis O.W. et al. (eds), The Lichen Flora of Great Britain and Ireland, London (1992); Sheard J.W., Bryologist 80: 100-118 (1977).

Biogeography: Checklist records: Austria, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Sweden and Norway, New Zealand, United States and Canada (continental), and Bolivia.

Ecology: Biotroph; lichenized; terricolous.

Lichen Photobionts: Primary photobiont present; chlorococcal. Secondary photobiont absent.

Thallus: Fruticose, not subdivided parts. Upper Surface: Pink (rosé) or white; special structures absent. Lower Surface: Attached by holdfasts; special structures absent.

Reproduction Strategy: Only known as sterile, asexually reproducing form.

Conidiomata: Absent resp. not observed or present.

Secondary Metabolites: Present, of the following substance class(es): ß-orcinol depsides.

(report generated 04.Okt.2007)


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