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Artificial cultures of the cyanobacterial lichenPeltigera didactyla (Peltigeraceae) in the natural environment

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Soredia of the cyanobacterial lichenPeltigera didactyla were cultivated on soil substratum in the natural environment. Various developmental stages (germination, formation of a soredia field, differentiation of thallus lobes with soralia and fruiting bodies) were attained during a cultivation period of 6–7 months. Our field experiments revealed that the ephemeral pioneer lichenPeltigera didactyla has a short life cycle. Thus this lichen is a well-suited object for further investigations on thallus morphogenesis of lichens with cyanobionts.

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  1. Institut für Pflanzenphysiologie, Hellbrunner Strasse 34, A-5020, Salzburg, Austria

    Elfie Stocker-Wörgötter & Roman Türk

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Dedicated to Prof. DrLothar Geitler on the occasion of his 90th birthday.

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Stocker-Wörgötter, E., Türk, R. Artificial cultures of the cyanobacterial lichenPeltigera didactyla (Peltigeraceae) in the natural environment. Pl Syst Evol 165, 39–48 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00936033

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