lichen display

Related literature on Flavocetraria nivalis
habitat: alpine, Other lichen in the same habitat

Characteristics of Flavocetraria nivalis (L.) Kärnefelt & Thell

  • Soredia:
  • Lobules: yes
  • Isidia: no
  • Podetia: no
  • Reproductive Body: apothecium brown
  • Body Type: fruticose
  • Unstratified: no
  • Life Form: erect
  • Hollow lobes: no
  • Central cord: no
  • Lobe shape: strap-shaped channeled
  • Rhizines:
  • Cilia margin: no
  • Simple perforate: no
  • Cyphellae: no
  • Pseudocyphellae: yes
  • Lobe Color, inside: white
  • Lobe Color, underneath: yellow-green-no tomentum
  • Surface Color: yellow-green
  • Surface texture: ridged-weakly
  • Wrinkles: both surfaces
  • Cephalodia: none
  • Papillae: no
  • Fibrilles on Branches: no
  • Spore type: non-septate
  • Spore size (um): 5 - 8 X 3 - 5 um
  • Lobe Width: 5 mm to 10 mm
  • Lobe Range Width:
  • Medullar C Reaction: negative
  • Medullar K Reaction: negative
  • Medullar KC Reaction: negative
  • Medullar P Reaction: negative
  • Areolate: not areolate
  • Algae: green
  • Iodine Test:
  • Cortex C: negative
  • Cortex K: negative
  • Cortex P: positive yellow
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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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