- The
Arthoniales is the
second largest order of
mainly crustose lichens, but
fruticose lichens are
present as well. The
order contains around 1500 species...
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completely closed fruit body with no
special opening to the outside. The
ascomatal wall is
called peridium and
typically consists of
densely interwoven hyphae...
- species,
produce olive-brown conidia, and form
ascomata with no or
scarce ascomatal covering; Rasamsonia, however,
differs from
Paecilomyces in
having more...
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blending seamlessly with the main
ascomatal wall.
Diving deeper into
their structural composition, the
ascomatal wall is
observed to
either maintain...
- reactions. The
lichen contains both
constictic and
stictic acids. The
ascomatal structure of the
species is
considered to be of the "comparilis-type."...
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periphysate (having short, thread-like
filaments that line the opening). The
ascomatal wall is
fragile and 2-layered, the
outer layer is
partly carbonaceous...
- surface.
Their edges are not
covered by the
surrounding thallus. The
ascomatal walls are
uniformly darkened (carbonized),
extending sideways to form...
- B
Ascomatal neck D
Detail of
hyphal neck F
Ascospores H
Ascospore germinating.
Melanospora zamiae (NBRC 7902) C
Ascomatal neck E
Detail of
ascomatal wall...
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periphysate (having short, thread-like
filaments that line the opening). The
ascomatal wall is
leathery to fragile,
partly carbonaceous in the
outer layers and...
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Plectocarpon dirinariae is
another similar species but
differs in its
ascomatal shape and host genus.
Plectocarpon aequatoriale,
found in Ecuador, has...
