Lecania cyrtella
Synonyms
Lecidea cyrtella
Family
Ramalinaceae
Flora category
Lichen – Native
Endemic taxon
No
Endemic genus
No
Endemic family
No
Structural class
Lichens - Crustose
Current conservation status
2018 | Not Threatened | Qualifiers: SO
Brief description
Characterised by the corticolous habit; and 8–12(–16)-spored asci.
Distribution
North Island. South Island.
A widespread holarctic distribution in the Northern Hemisphere. Also in Australia.
Habitat
Throughout, on introduced, deciduous trees, commonly in the Xanthorion community.
In the Northern Hemisphere it is common on eutrophic bark (especially on Acer*, Fraxinus*, Sambucus*).
Detailed description
Thallus white to pale grey, very thin, wrinkled-roughened, in parts shining, matt in others, effuse or immersed, corticolous. Apothecia very small, 0.25-0.5 mm diam., disc pale pinkish-fawn to red-brown, ± translucent when wet, convex at maturity, ± plane at first, margins white or pale grey, crenulate, often excluded at maturity. Ascospores narrowly ellipsoid, 1-septate (rarely 3-septate), curved at maturity, 9-16 × 4-5 µm.
Substrate
Corticolous
Attribution
Fact sheet prepared by Marley Ford (2 January 2022). Brief description, Distribution, Habitat, Features and Similar taxa sections copied from Galloway (1985) & Galloway (2007).
References and further reading
Galloway D.J. 1985: Flora of New Zealand: Lichens. Wellington: PD Hasselberg, Government Printer. 662 pp.
Galloway D.J. 2007: Flora of New Zealand: Lichens, including lichen-forming and lichenicolous fungi. 2nd edition. Lincoln, Manaaki Whenua Press. 2261 pp.