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New morphological aspects of cephalodium formation in the lichen Lobaria pulmonaria (Lecanorales, Ascomycota)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 January 2013

Carolina CORNEJO  and
Christoph SCHEIDEGGER
Carolina CORNEJO
Affiliation:
Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, 8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland. Email: carolina.cornejo@wsl.ch
Christoph SCHEIDEGGER
Affiliation:
Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, 8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland. Email: carolina.cornejo@wsl.ch
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Abstract

Cephalodia were investigated on young and mature thalli of Lobaria pulmonaria. Cephalodia originate from contact between hyphae and cyanobacteria on the upper or lower cortex or, less frequently, in the apical zone. Young thalli were found to associate with cyanobacteria even in the anchoring zone. Cephalodia formed on the young thalli or the anchoring hyphae share the same phenotypic characteristics. In spite of being composed of paraplectenchymatous hyphae, the cortex of mature thalli preserves a considerable plasticity, enabling the formation of cephalodia. The cyanobacterial incorporation process begins with cortical hyphae growing out towards adjacent cyanobacterial colonies, enveloping them and incorporating them into the thallus. The incorporation process is the same on the upper and the lower cortex. Early stages of cephalodia are usually found in young lobes, whereas in the older parts of the thallus only mature cephalodia are found.

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cephalodiacephalodiate lichenNostoctripartite lichen
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The Lichenologist , Volume 45 , Issue 1 , January 2013 , pp. 77 - 87
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Copyright © British Lichen Society 2013

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