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Calicium laevigatum
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Calicium laevigatum is a corticolous (bark-dwelling) pin lichen in the family Caliciaceae, recognised by its greenish-grey, warted thallus, slender black stalks that carry brown-pruinose heads, and ascospores ornamented with a striking spiral ridge when young. It produces alectorialic acid as its principal secondary metabolite, a chemistry otherwise unknown in the genus, and molecular data place it as an early-diverging member of the Calicium viride clade.
- Family
- Caliciaceae
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- Name
- Calicium laevigatum
- Slug
- calicium-laevigatum
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Family
- Caliciaceae
- Genus
- Calicium
- Species
- laevigatum
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 28
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