Letharia vulpina:



Letharia vulpina is the noxious Wulflichen. Formerly it was used to poison wulfdecoys.

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Letharia_vulpina-Fundort_K.jpg Letharia vulpina
Lechtal, Tyrol, on larch, October 2009
(H111, leg. et det. Wagner)
HabitusMicroscopy, Stereomicroscope, Microfoto
Letharia_vulpina-SM_K.jpg Letharia vulpina
Lechtal, Tyrol, on larch, October 2009
(H111, leg. et det. Wagner)
Green yellow fruticose lichen with partially band-shaped twigs and numerous isidia Microscopy, Stereomicroscope, Microfoto
Letharia_vulpina-QS100x-Lacto_K.jpg Letharia vulpina
Col du Lein, Wallis, CH, May 2008
(H112, leg. et det. A. Advocat)
Twig, cross section, staining with Lactophenole-Methylblue-Acidfuchsin. Corticated circumferentially, similar to Usnea there is a tight central filament in the center. Photobiont trebouxioid. Microscopy, Stereomicroscope, Microfoto
Letharia_vulpina-QS100x-Phase_K.jpg Letharia vulpina
Col du Lein, Wallis, CH, May 2008
(H112, leg. et det. A. Advocat)
Twig, cross section, phasecontrast.Microscopy, Stereomicroscope, Microfoto
Letharia_vulpina-QS-Cortex_K.jpg Letharia vulpina
Col du Lein, Wallis, CH, May 2008
(H112, leg. et det. A. Advocat)
Twig, cross section, staining with Lactophenole-Methylblue-Acidfuchsin. A closer look at the cortex consisting of antiklinal hyphae. Microscopy, Stereomicroscope, Microfoto
Letharia_vulpina-QS-Zentral_K.jpg Letharia vulpina
Col du Lein, Wallis, CH, May 2008
(H112, leg. et det. A. Advocat)
Twig, cross section, staining with Lactophenole-Methylblue-Acidfuchsin. A closer look at the central filament consisting of tight interwoven hyphae. Microscopy, Stereomicroscope, Microfoto
Letharia_vulpina-QS-ZentralPhase_K.jpg Letharia vulpina
Col du Lein, Wallis, CH, May 2008
(H112, leg. et det. A. Advocat)
Twig, cross section, Phasecontrast. Central filament. Microscopy, Stereomicroscope, Microfoto
DC-12A+C-UV365-Schwefel_4-7_K.jpg Letharia vulpina
TLC in 2 eluents:
12A in Toluene + Dioxane + Acetic acid (19,6 ml + 4,9 ml + 0,55 ml);
12C in Toluene + Acetic acid (20 ml + 3 ml)
on a HPTLC plate Nano Adamant UV254, 5 x 5 cm;
UV-365nm, after treatment with 10 % sulfuric acid.
4: Cladonia symphycarpa Schumm 4698 + Platismatia glauca; Wagner 104
5: Letharia vulpina; Wagner 111
6: Letharia vulpina; Wagner 112
7: Vulpicidia pinastri; Wagner 113


a = atranorin; vu = vulpinic acid, no = norstictic acid; mix = mixture of vulpinic acid, usnic acid and pinastric acid


Microscopy, Stereomicroscope, Microfoto