Identification key
Anaptychia ciliaris
(1) Anaptychia ciliaris
Description
Thallus
Fruticose, up to 10 cm long, lobes branching into narrow strips (2-3 mm wide), distinctly separated with long gray to black cilia at the thallus edge
Fruticose, up to 10 cm long, lobes branching into narrow strips (2-3 mm wide), distinctly separated with long gray to black cilia at the thallus edge
Color
Gray when dry, green when wet
Gray when dry, green when wet
Reproduction
Apothecia: often present, pruinose blackish-brown disc and crenate margin
Soralia: absence
Isidia: absence
Apothecia: often present, pruinose blackish-brown disc and crenate margin
Soralia: absence
Isidia: absence
Risk of confusion
Physcia leptalea, with similar apothecia and cilia, but has a clearly leaf-like thallus
Physcia adscendens/P. tenella, significantly smaller (2–3 cm) and with rare apothecia
Physcia leptalea, with similar apothecia and cilia, but has a clearly leaf-like thallus
Physcia adscendens/P. tenella, significantly smaller (2–3 cm) and with rare apothecia
Ecology
Substrate
On bark, rarely on calcareous rock
On bark, rarely on calcareous rock
Habitat
Heliophilous
Heliophilous
Occurrence
On the way to becoming rare
On the way to becoming rare
Air pollution
Sensitive to pollutants, especially acid pollutants
Sensitive to pollutants, especially acid pollutants
(2) Cilia
(3) Detail of cilia
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