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Collema
Collema flaccidum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Peltigerales
Family: Collemataceae
Genus: Collema
Weber ex F.H.Wigg. (1780)
Type species
Collema lactuca
(Weber) Weber ex F.H.Wigg. (1780)
Synonyms
List
  • Chiastosporum Dughi (1956)
  • Collema P.Browne (1756)
  • Collema sect. Collemodiopsis Vain. (1890)
  • Collema sect. Eucollema Tuck. (1872)
  • Collema subgen. Lathagrium Ach. (1810)
  • Collematomyces E.A.Thomas ex Cif. & Tomas. (1953)
  • Collemis Clem. (1931)
  • Collemodiopsis (Vain.) B.de Lesd. (1910)
  • Dicollema Clem. (1909)
  • Eucollema (Tuck.) Horw. (1912)
  • Kolman Adans. (1763)
  • Synechoblastus Trevis. (1853)
  • Tichodea Körb. (1848)

Collema (jelly lichen) is a genus of lichens in the family Collemataceae. The photobiont is the cyanobacterium genus Nostoc. Species in this genus typically grow on nutrient-rich bark or somewhat siliceous or calcareous rocks in humid environments.

Description

Collema lichens are characterized by their medium to large size, with a diameter of 3 to 20 cm (1 to 8 in). They have a leaf-like, membranous structure that does not swell noticeably when wet. The upper surface of the thallus is dark olive-green to brown-black and is not hairy. The lobes are 2 to 15 mm broad, rounded, and usually flat or partially raised, with smooth or pustulate surfaces adorned with elongated ridges or folds.

Both upper and lower cortex are absent in Collema, and the photobiont Nostoc forms chains of cells throughout the thallus without creating a separate layer. Isidia can be present or absent, while soredia are not found in this genus. The reproductive structures, known as apothecia, have a pale brown to red-brown disc that can be flat or convex. The thalline margin is whole and sometimes displays isidia.

The true exciple consists of cells that can be either uniformly sized or elongated. The epithecium is indistinct and can be colourless or pigmented, while the hymenium is colorless and turns blue when treated with iodine. A more or less colourless hypothecium is also present. The hamathecium comprises paraphyses that separate in a solution of potassium hydroxide and may be unbranched or branched, often connecting near their tips, which can be club-shaped or round and exhibit a yellowish to reddish-brown hue.

The asci are club-shaped (clavate) with a strongly thickened apex, and both the apical dome and the downwardly projecting annulus and apical cap react blue to iodine. Each ascus produces eight spores that are narrowly ellipsoidal to spindle-shaped or nearly cylindrical with transverse septa. Conidiomata, or pycnidia, are immersed within the thallus and can be located on the margins or lamina with a pale ostiole. The conidia are rod-shaped with a slightly enlarged apex. No lichen products have been detected in Collema using thin-layer chromatography.

Species

As of April 2023, Species Fungorum (in the Catalogue of Life) accepts 24 species of Collema.

Collema subconveniens
Collema subflaccidum

References

  1. "Synonymy: Collema Weber ex F.H. Wigg., Prim. fl. holsat. (Kiliae): 89 (1780)". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Collema". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
  3. Dobson, F.S. (2000) Lichens, an illustrated guide to the British and Irish species. 4th edition. Richmond publishing Co., Slough, England.
  4. ^ Cannon, Paul; Otálora, Mónica A.G.; Košuthová, Alica; Wedin, Mats; Aptroot, André; Coppins, Brian; Simkin, Janet (2020). "Peltigerales: Collemataceae, including the genera Blennothallia, Callome, Collema, Enchylium, Epiphloea, Lathagrium, Leptogium, Pseudoleptogium, Rostania and Scytinium". Revisions of British and Irish Lichens. 2: 1–38 . doi:10.34885/174. Open access icon
  5. Nylander, W. (1867). "Synopsis lichenum Novae Caledoniae". Bulletin de la Société Linnéenne de Normandie. 2 (in Latin) (2): 39–140 .
  6. Spribille, Toby; Björk, Curtis R.; Ekman, Stefan; Elix, John A.; Goward, Trevor; Printzen, Christian; Tønsberg, Tor; Wheeler, Tim (2009). "Contributions to an epiphytic lichen flora of northwest North America: I. Eight new species from British Columbia inland rain forests". The Bryologist. 112 (1): 109–137. doi:10.1639/0007-2745-112.1.109. S2CID 84225966.
  7. Nylander, W. (1858). "Lichenes collecti in Mexico a Fr. Müller". Flora (Regensburg) (in Latin). 41: 377–386.
  8. Nylander, W. (1863). "Lichenographia Novogranatensis prodromus". Acta Societatis Scientiarum Fennicae (in Latin). 7 (2): 415–504.
  9. Tuckerman, E. (1864). "Observations on North American and other lichens". Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 6: 263–287.
  10. Liu, H.J.; Wei, J.C. (2003). "Two new taxa of the lichen genus Collema from China". Mycosystema. 22 (4): 531–533.
  11. Degelius, G. (1974). The lichen genus Collema with special reference to the extra-European species. Symbolae Botanicae Upsalienses. Vol. 20. p. 140.
  12. Degelius, G. (1954). The lichen genus Collema in Europe. Symbolae Botanicae Upsalienses. Vol. 13. p. 413.
Taxon identifiers
Collema
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