Candelaria concolor
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Candelaria concolor , also known as candlestick lichen , is a type of lichen . The specific epithet concolor is Latin and means "monochrome, uni".
description
The lichen bedding forms small rosettes about 0.5 to 2 cm in size. Your thallus is divided into green-yellow to lemon-yellow, delicate and slashed lobules that are about 2 mm long, have sorales on the edge and have whitish rhizines on the underside for attachment to the base. The apothecia - then also yellow - rarely occur. It can be differentiated from similar species of the genus Xanthoria by a negative KOH reaction (i.e. lack of red color when sprinkled with potassium hydroxide ).
distribution
The candelabra is the only European species of the genus Candelaria . In Central Europe it occurs comparatively often, especially on the bark of free-standing deciduous trees, only rarely on stone. Above all, bark that is moderately rich in nutrients or bases is colonized, especially on street and fruit trees ( Norway maple , ash , linden , poplar and elm ). The distribution area extends from central Fennoscandia to the Mediterranean area.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Helmut Genaust: Etymological dictionary of botanical plant names. 3rd, completely revised and expanded edition. Birkhäuser, Basel / Boston / Berlin 1996, ISBN 3-7643-2390-6 (reprint ISBN 3-937872-16-7 ).
literature
- Bruno P. Kremer, Hermann Muhle: lichens, mosses, ferns . Mosaik Verl., Munich 1991, p. 68, ISBN 3-570-6652-5 , correct ISBN 3-570-06652-5 .
- Volkmar Wirth: Lichen flora . E. Ulmer, Stuttgart 1980, p. 172, ISBN 3-8001-2452-1 .
- Volkmar Wirth: The lichens of Baden-Württemberg . E. Ulmer, Stuttgart 1987, p. 106, ISBN 3-8001-3305-9 .
Web links
- Entry Index Fungorum
- Images and short description (English).
- More photos and a short description (English).