Ciri dan struktur
Phyllocharis orbicularis is a lichen forming thalli on leaves in which the fungal partner is associated with the green alga Cephaleuros as . The thallus is more or less to pseudo-corticate, pale grey-green in colour, and typically forms just beneath the leaf cuticle. This subcuticular growth can sometimes result in visible damage to the supporting leaf tissue. The sexual morph produces ascomata (fruiting bodies) in the form of perithecia. These fruiting bodies are prominent and black, but are largely covered by the overlying thallus layer, so that they appear as wart-like, , ostiolate swellings. Each perithecium has an that is present but only weakly carbonised, and an composed of brownish . The consists of slender, hyaline paraphyses, about 0.5–0.7 μm wide, which are and unbranched. Asci are 8-spored, and , to fusiform in shape, with a short stalk and a narrow ocular chamber, and they do not show an amyloid reaction. The ascospores are arranged irregularly to in the asci; they are oblong, hyaline and 3-septate, with thin true septa () and rectangular internal , and have smooth walls. The asexual morph is well developed. Pycnidia are common, occurring immersed in the thallus to and visible at the surface as small black dots. They produce acrogenous conidia of two types, macroconidia and microconidia. The macroconidia are long, filiform spores with 3–9 septa and gelatinous appendages, and they are hyaline. The microconidia are aseptate, fusiform, small and likewise hyaline. No lichen secondary metabolites are known from Phyllocharis on the basis of chemical studies.
Habitat dan peran ekologis
Phyllocharis orbicularis is a foliicolous lichen, growing on leaves in terrestrial habitats. It occurs from lowland to montane sites in tropical to subtropical regions, where it forms subcuticular thalli within the leaf surface. The lichen has a wide pantropical distribution. In the Americas it is known from Costa Rica, Bolivia, Colombia, Suriname, Argentina, and Florida in the United States. It has also been recorded from Australia, the Philippines, Vietnam, India, and Kenya.
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Reproduksi
The sexual morph produces ascomata (fruiting bodies) in the form of perithecia. These fruiting bodies are prominent and black, but are largely covered by the overlying thallus layer, so that they appear as wart-like, , ostiolate swellings. Each perithecium has an that is present but only weakly carbonised, and an composed of brownish . The consists of slender, hyaline paraphyses, about 0.5–0.7 μm wide, which are and unbranched. Asci are 8-spored, and , to fusiform in shape, with a short stalk and a narrow ocular chamber, and they do not show an amyloid reaction. The ascospores are arranged irregularly to in the asci; they are oblong, hyaline and 3-septate, with thin true septa () and rectangular internal , and have smooth walls.
Catatan identitas dan cakupan
- Nama diterima mengikuti Catalogue of Life Base2026-09-11; uraian mempertahankan konsep dan nama sumber aslinya.
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Dokumentasi Strigula orbicularis menurut asosiasi foto pada record takson iNaturalist. Kredit: Peter de Lange. Identitas mengikuti sumber; bukan penentuan spesimen independen.
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- [1] Phyllocharis orbicularis — Wikipedia (en)
- [2] Catalogue of Life Base2026-09-11 — Phyllocharis orbicularis
- [3] Dokumentasi visual — Strigula orbicularis
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Fungi. Phyllocharis orbicularis. Rilis data fungi-2026-10-12-expansion-2. https://fungi-atlas.mgadib.chatgpt.site/jamur/phyllocharis-orbicularis/.
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