''Lichenomphalia cinereispinula'' is a species of
basidiolichen in the family
Hygrophoraceae. Found in Europe, it was
described as a new species in 2009 by Pierre Neville and Francis Fouchier. The
type specimen was collected at a place called "La Rivière", in the
commune of
Collobrières
Collobrières (; oc, Colobrieras) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France. In 2019, it had a population of 1,874.
Geography Climate
Collobrières has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate ...
; here it was found growing on the ground at an altitude of .
The lichen makes a slender
mushroom-like
fruiting body with a
stipe length about three to five times the diameter of the
cap. The convex to sub-hemispherical gray cap measures and has slight radial "ribs". There are 10
gills and 7 short gills (lamellulae) on the cap underside that are distantly spaced and dull whitish in colour. The thin cylindrical stipe is
pruinose with a somewhat bulbous base. There are greenish glomerules at the stipe base, indicating a lichen
thallus of the ''
Botrydina
''Lichenomphalia'' is both a basidiolichen and an agaric genus. Most of the species have inconspicuous lichenized thalli that consist of scattered, small, loose, nearly microscopic green balls or foliose small flakes containing single-celled g ...
'' type.
Basidiospores are smooth,
inamyloid,
hyaline
A hyaline substance is one with a glassy appearance. The word is derived from el, ὑάλινος, translit=hyálinos, lit=transparent, and el, ὕαλος, translit=hýalos, lit=crystal, glass, label=none.
Histopathology
Hyaline cartilage is ...
, and
ellipsoid
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An ellipsoid is a quadric surface; that is, a surface that may be defined as the ...
in shape, and have dimensions of 5.3–7.7 by 3.0–4.4
μm
The micrometre ( international spelling as used by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures; SI symbol: μm) or micrometer (American spelling), also commonly known as a micron, is a unit of length in the International System of Unit ...
.
''Lichenomphalia cinereispinula'' fruits in autumn in
Mediterranean climate in the south of France.
References
Hygrophoraceae
Lichen species
Lichens described in 2009
Lichens of Southwestern Europe
Basidiolichens
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