Cladonia asahinae J.W.Thomson

Farkas, Edit, Lőkös, László & Veres, Katalin, 2023, Analysis of lichen secondary metabolites and morphometrics in the Cladonia chlorophaea species group (Cladoniaceae, lichenized Ascomycota) in Hungary, Cryptogamie, Mycologie 20 (5), pp. 61-82 : 67-68

Cladonia asahinae J.W.Thomson

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NOTES

The Hungarian specimens contain rangiformic and norrangiformic acids. ThoughThomson (1976) indicated the presence of fumarprotocetraric acid and protolichesterinic acid in the original description of the species, according to the chemical revision of Hennings (1983) the type specimen contains rangiformic and norrangiformic acids and not protolichesterinic acid, just as in the specimens investigated from Hungary. The shape of the rather thin podetia is similar to that of Cladonia fimbriata having thin and short cups. According to various literature sources ( Thomson 1976; Holien &TØnsberg 1985; Ahti et al. 2013) C. asahinae is less farinose than that species, since towards the not melanotic base corticated granules appear, furthermore the small squamules at the base of podetia

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Figures

FIG. 10. — Cladonia asahinae J.W.Thomson:A, habit (BP[BP 9421]);B, spots of lichen secondary metabolites on chromatographic plates;C, distribution in Hungary. Abbrevations: R, rangiformic acid; nR, norrangiformic acid; F, fumarprotocetraric acid; Z, zeorin; N, norstictic acid. Scale bar: A, 2 mm.