Biology:Buellia schaereri

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Short description: Species of lichen


Buellia schaereri
Buellia schaereri 37885.jpg
on old oak trunk; scale bar=1 mm
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Caliciales
Family: Caliciaceae
Genus: Buellia
Species:
B. schaereri
Binomial name
Buellia schaereri
De Not. (1846)
Synonyms[1]
  • Karschia destructans Tobler (1911)
  • Karschia schaereri (De Not.) Sacc. & Traverso (1910)

Buellia schaereri is a species of lichen in the family Caliciaceae. It was formally described as a new species in 1849 by Italian botanist Giuseppe De Notaris.[2] The botanical name honours Swiss pastor and lichenologist Ludwig Schaerer.[3] It is a widely distributed lichen, occurring in Africa, Asia, Northern and Central Europe, Macaronesia, Central America, and North America. It grows on the bark and wood of trees, especially conifers and oak.[4]

Description

Buellia schaereri has a thin, effuse, pale grey thallus. It has dark brown to black apothecia that measure 0.2–0.3 mm in diameter, with a flat to convex disc. The ascospores it makes are smooth and thin-walled with a single septum and typical dimensions of 6–10 by 2.5–4 μm. Pycnidia are visible as tiny (50–70 μm) black specks on the thallus surface; they are often numerous. They produce short oblong to ellipsoid conidia measuring 2–3 by 1–1.4 μm.[4]

See also

References

  1. "Synonymy: Buellia schaereri De Not., G. bot. ital. 2(1.1): 199 (1846)". Species Fungorum. http://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/SynSpecies.asp?RecordID=380695. 
  2. De Notaris, G. (1846). "Frammenti lichenografici di un lavoro inedito" (in it). Giornale Botanico Italiano 2 (1): 174–224 [199]. 
  3. Hertel, Hannes; Gärtner, Georg; Lőkös, László (2017). "Forscher an Österreichs Flechtenflora" (in de). Stapfia 104 (2): 1–211 (see pp. 126–127). ISSN 0252-192X. https://www.zobodat.at/biografien/Flechtenforschung_Austria_STAPFIA_0104_2_0001-0211.pdf. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 Coppins, B.J.; Scheidegger, C.; Aptroot, A. (2009). "Buellia". The Lichens of Great Britain and Ireland. London: British Lichen Society; Natural History Museum. p. 237. ISBN 978-0-9540418-8-5. 

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