Northwest Lichenologists
Forgot password

Melanelia subolivacea

  • 04 Sep 2023 10:03 AM
    Quote
    Message # 13249927
    Anonymous member (Administrator)

    As anyone found cilia, spinules, or isidia on the rim of apothecia of Melanohalea subolivacea?  I collected it on a coniferous branch along with Melanohalea elegantula on the Helena-Lewis & Clark National Forest in Montana.  I'm attaching photos.  I counted the spores and there are 8 in the ascus.  

    2 files
  • 05 Sep 2023 10:46 AM
    Quote
    Reply # 13250345 on 13249927
    Anonymous member

    I am not sure I have seen exactly those little skinny things, but I see all sorts of lumps and things along the rims. I would think they are not isidia or spinules but just the equivalent of the sort of isidioid lumps one finds all over the thallus on some thalli.

    Very cool looking!
    Daph
  • 05 Sep 2023 1:43 PM
    Quote
    Reply # 13250455 on 13249927
    Anonymous member (Administrator)

    I saw them on several specimens from different plots.  I think they are actually rhizines.

© Northwest Lichenologists

NWL Privacy Policy

Powered by Wild Apricot Membership Software