lichen display

Related literature on Hypogymnia physodes
habitat: wet conifer forest, Other lichen in the same habitat

Characteristics of Hypogymnia physodes (L.) Nyl.

  • Soredia: in pockets at lobe ends
  • Lobules: no
  • Isidia: no
  • Podetia: no
  • Reproductive Body: apothecium rust
  • Body Type: foliose
  • Unstratified: no
  • Life Form: lobes loosely attached
  • Hollow lobes: yes
  • Central cord: no
  • Lobe shape: linear
  • Rhizines:
  • Cilia margin: no
  • Simple perforate: yes
  • Cyphellae: no
  • Pseudocyphellae: no
  • Lobe Color, inside: dark and light
  • Lobe Color, underneath: black-no tomentum
  • Surface Color: grayish-green
  • Surface texture: smooth
  • Wrinkles:
  • Cephalodia: none
  • Papillae: no
  • Fibrilles on Branches: no
  • Spore type: non-septate
  • Spore size (um): 6 - 9 X 4 - 5 um
  • Lobe Width: less than 5 mm
  • Lobe Range Width: 1 mm - 2 mm
  • Medullar C Reaction: negative
  • Medullar K Reaction: negative
  • Medullar KC Reaction: positive red
  • Medullar P Reaction:
  • Areolate: not areolate
  • Algae: green
  • Iodine Test:
  • Cortex C:
  • Cortex K:
  • Cortex P:
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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