Table 3 Number of studied specimens, their reproduction mode and substrate requirement.
From: Lichen speciation is sparked by a substrate requirement shift and reproduction mode differentiation
Species | No of studied specimens | No of speciemens with apothecia | No of speciemens with pycnidia | No of specimens on dead wood | No of specimens on bark | No of specimens on other substrata | % of specimens on dead wood | Substrate preference and predominant mode of reproduction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M. aeruginoprasina | 4 | 4 | rarely visible | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Never on dead wood, sexual |
M. azorica | 4 | 4 | rarely visible | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Never on dead wood, sexual |
M. byssacea | 92 | 92 | rarely visible | 10 | 82 | 0 | 10, 9 | Facultative lignicole, sexual |
M. czarnotae | 10 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 20 | Facultative lignicole, sexual |
M. fallax | 52 | 52 | rarely visible | 46 | 7 | 0 | 86,8 | Facultative lignicole, sexual |
M. fennica | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100 | Obligate lignicole, asexual |
M. flavoleprosa | 9 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 100 | Obligate lignicole, asexual |
M. hedlundii | 53 | 5 | 53 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 100 | Obligate lignicole, asexual |
M. herbarum | 14 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 78,5 | Facultative lignicole, sexual |
M. isidioprasina | 10 | 7 (few) | rarely visible | 6 | 2 | 2 | 60 | Facultative lignicole, sexual |
M. laeta | 19 | 19 | rarely visible | 2 | 17 | 0 | 10,53 | Facultative lignicole, sexual |
M. melanobola | 24 | 24 | rarely visible | 9 | 15 | 0 | 37,5 | Facultative lignicole, sexual |
M. meridionalis | 18 | 18 | "often present" | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | Facultative lignicole, sexual |
M. microareolata | 9 | 9 | rarely visible | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | Never on dead wood, sexual |
M. micrococca | 10 | 10 | rarely visible | 5 | 5 | 0 | 50 | Facultative lignicole, sexual |
M. microsorediata | 29 | 4 (few) | none | 7 | 22 | 0 | 24,1 | Facultative lignicole, asexual |
M. nowakii | 17 | 17 | 14 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 100 | Obligate lignicole, sexual |
M. pauli | 9 | 6 | rarely visible | 2 | 7 | 0 | 22,2 | Facultative lignicole, sexual |
M. prasina | 43 | 43 | rarely visible | 38 | 5 | 0 | 88,37 | Facultative lignicole, sexual |
M. pseudomicrococca | 23 | 23 | rarely visible | 14 | 9 | 0 | 60,86 | Facultative lignicole, sexual |
M. pseudotsugae | 4 | 4 | rarely visible | 1 | 3 | 0 | 25 | Facultative lignicole, sexual |
M. pusilla | 17 | 17 | rarely visible | 14 | 3 | 0 | 82,35 | Facultative lignicole, sexual |
M. soralifera | 63 | 40 | none | 54 | 9 | 0 | 85,71 | Facultative lignicole, sexual |
M. subviridescens | 9 | 8 | rarely visible | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | Never on dead wood, sexual |
M. tomentosa | 17 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 94,12 | Obligate lignicole, asexual |
M. viridileprosa | 29 | Ap. rare | very rare | 10 | 11 | 8 | 34,48 | Facultative lignicole, asexual |
M. xanthonica | 41 | 20 | not seen | not known | not known | not known | not known | Facultative lignicole, sexual |
