Collema nigrescens

Collema nigrescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Collemataceae
Genus: Collema
Species: C. nigrescens
Binomial name
Collema nigrescens

Collema nigrescens is a leafy (foliose) jelly lichen (Collema genus) found growing on the bark of trees such as bigleaf maples, in wetter coastal parts of California.[1]:34, 36 It is commonly called button jelly lichen or bat's wing lichen.[1]:34, 36 It is blackish-green when wet, and dark brownish-green to dark olive when dry.[1]:34, 36 The photosyntheic partner is the Nostoc cyanobacterium that is spread throughout the thallus (main body part).[1]:34, 36 Although foliose in form, like all jelly lichens, the thallus is not differentiated, lacking layers or an upper or lower cortex (lichen) and the cyanobacteria is spread throughout the thallus.[1]:34, 36 It has dark purple-brown apothecia all over.[1]:34, 36 It produces no reaction to lichen spot tests.[1]:34, 36

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-19500-2
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