Baden-Württemberg - Lichens of Wales

settlements, m.-v.acidoph., m.-r.(s.)photoph., a-
to r.nitroph., r.toxitol., above all in the
Parmelietum cap. and (air polluted regions) in
the Buellietum punctatae – (arct-)bor-med –
frequent to very frequent throughout the entire
region, in the south (above all in calcareous
regions) rarer.
LIT: SCHEIDEGGER 1993.
Amygdalaria Norman
(Determined ↑ Lecidea PT 5/PT 6)
Introduction
The Amygdalaria species are crustose lichens
with sunken black, lecideine apothecia, green
algae as symbionts and in addition blue-green
algae in brown cephalodia. Of the up till now,
eight species exclusively living on silicates,
which are very closely related to the Porpidia
genus, three occur in Germany, A. consentiens
(very rare in the Bavarian Alps), A. pelobotryon
(very rare in the Rhön) and A. panaeola, an
arctic-alpine lichen, which is known from the
high Black Forest, Bohemian Forest and from the
Rhön and grows on sites that are relatively long
snow-covered, cool moist on low rocks.
Genus Characteristics
Thallus crustose, clearly developed, of flat to
convex areoles, beige, gray, or brown, often rose
tinted, with brown-red (to gray) cephalodia
between the areoles, sometimes with soralia.
Photobiont Trebouxia-like green algae,
Stigonema in the cephalodia. Ap. sunken,
Aspicilia-like with thalloid margin, rarely sitting
up, black to brown-black, flat to concave,
sometimes with a navel, without definite, rarely
with proper margin. Exc. commonly weakly
developed and then, rarely (not in the species
occurring in Germany) clearly developed, brown.
Hyp. black-brown. Hym. I+ blue, of
paraphysoid-like, branched and reticulate,
hyphae shrunken toward the ends and at the
septae. Epihym. brown to brown-black. Asci
narrow clavate, of the Porpidia-type. Sp. 1celled,
ellipsoidal, when young surrounded by a
slime halo. Pycnosp. bacillar. Ch: often with
Gyrophoric acid.
Ecology and Distribution of the Species
Amygdalaria panaeola (Ach.) Hertel & Brodo
(Lecidea p. (Ach.) Ach.
In high montane to alpine, rarely montane places
on moist neutral to basic silicate rock (mineralrich
Gneiss, Slate, basalt etc.) on high
precipitation, longtime snow covered, cool,
rather light-rich , usually away from the sun
habitats, e.g. in boulder slopes, maritime
boulders, single boulders in thin turfs,
subneutroph.-m.acidoph., m.-r.photoph.,
anitroph., e.g. in the Porpidion tub. – arct-mieurh’mo/alp
– (v.)rare, because of removal of stones
(2); süSch, Vog, He (Meissner, Rhön, je lx),
BayW
Amygdalaria pelobotryon (Wahlenb.) Norman
(Aspicilia p. (Wahlenb.) Th.Fr.)
Rather like A. panaeola – arct-bor(-mieur-h’mo)
– very rare; Rhön (1x)
LIT.: BRODO & HERTEL 1987
Anaptychia Körber
(Determined ↑ Physcia)
Introduction
The perhaps 10 species of the genus are gray or
brown, narrow lobed fruticose and foliose lichens
with flat lecanorine apothecia with dark brown to
black disk and greenish to brown-black twocelled
spores. In a few species – as in the case of
A. ciliaris – the ends of the thallus lobes are
conspicuously bristly ciliate.
Only A. ciliaris has been recorded in the
region. It lives on mineral-rich, often slightly
dust impregnated bark of deciduous trees on
light-rich habitats, often on avenue trees. The
lichen is as a result of developing air pollution
strongly in decline. Formerly distributed over
the entire Baden-Württemberg region, it is today
disappearing in the north and northwest. The
European area stretches from the Mediterranean
area up to southern Scandinavia.
Genus Characteristics
Thallus fruticose, segments branched,
dorsiventrally flattened, upper side gray to
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