- from shrub-like (fruticose) to
crusty (crustose). Most
members produce mazaedia,
specialised spore-dispersing
structures typically found at
branch tips...
-
breeding system may
enable successful reproduction in
harsh environments.
Mazaedia (singular: mazaedium) are
apothecia shaped like a dressmaker's pin in pin...
-
Cryptocalicium Cryptocalicium ascomata with
mazaedia Scientific classification Domain:
Eukaryota Kingdom:
Fungi Division:
Ascomycota class: Eurotiomycetes...
-
chemical spot
tests are KC− on the thallus, and K+ (red), P+ (yellow) on the
mazaedia. When a long-wavelength UV
light is lit on the thallus, it
fluoresces a...
-
While other members of the
family typically produce spores in
specialised mazaedia (spore m****es) and have
different types of
reproductive structures, Gilbertaria...
- wrinkles, and are flat,
sometimes with a
green or
yellow pruina on the
mazaedia. The
spores have a
single septum and are black-brown.
Secondary chemicals...
- and 0.2–0.7 mm high. The
spore m****
occurs in the
ostioles as dark
brown mazaedia (where the
ascus walls break down to
leave a dry, loose, amorphous, powdery...
-
surface texture,
lacking gloss or shine;
contrast nitid.
mazaedium Plural mazaedia. A
powdery m**** of
ascospores and
paraphyses formed by the disintegration...
- are
located on the
margin of the thallus. They bear the
spore m****, the
mazaedia,
which are brown,
comprising more or less
spherical ascospores. Secondary...
-
Physiaceae lichens produce ascomata,
which can be
either apothecia or
mazaedia.
Their apothecia can be immersed, sessile, or short-stalked, with a more...
