lichen display

Related literature on Pilophorus acicularis
habitat: wet conifer forest, Other lichen in the same habitat

Characteristics of Pilophorus acicularis (Ach.) Th. Fr.

  • Soredia:
  • Lobules: no
  • Isidia: no
  • Podetia: pseudopodetia
  • Reproductive Body: apothecium black
  • Body Type: fruticose
  • Unstratified: no
  • Life Form: erect
  • Hollow lobes: no
  • Central cord: no
  • Lobe shape: not applicable
  • Rhizines:
  • Cilia margin: no
  • Simple perforate: no
  • Cyphellae: no
  • Pseudocyphellae: no
  • Lobe Color, inside: white
  • Lobe Color, underneath:
  • Surface Color: grayish-green
  • Surface texture: granular
  • Wrinkles:
  • Cephalodia: yes external pockets
  • Papillae: no
  • Fibrilles on Branches: no
  • Spore type: non-septate
  • Spore size (um):
  • Lobe Width:
  • Lobe Range Width:
  • Medullar C Reaction:
  • Medullar K Reaction:
  • Medullar KC Reaction:
  • Medullar P Reaction:
  • Areolate: cracked surface on substrate
  • Algae: both bluegreen and green
  • Iodine Test:
  • Cortex C: negative
  • Cortex K: positive yellow
  • Cortex P: positive yellow
These lichen pages provided with NSF funding and in association with
Northwest Alliance for Computational Science and Engineering
School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Oregon State University
and
Dept of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University
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