Usnea intermedia:



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Usnea_intermedia-SM_K.jpg Usnea intermedia
Forest near Kaisers, Tyrol, October 2009
View under the stereomicroscope, no isidia or soralia, with verrucose or cylindrical papillae Microscopy, Stereomicroscope, Microfoto
Usnea_intermedia-SM-Apo_K.jpg Usnea intermedia
Forest near Kaisers, Tyrol, October 2009
View under the stereomicroscope, typically with marginal projections, chemistry of disc: P-, KC-. Microscopy, Stereomicroscope, Microfoto
Usnea_intermedia-QS-Ast_K.jpg Usnea intermedia
Forest near Kaisers, Tyrol, October 2009
Branch cross section. Inside with a central line, built of tight fungal tissue. Photobiont Trebouxia spec. Microscopy, Stereomicroscope, Microfoto
Usnea_intermedia-QS-Apo-200x_K.jpg Usnea intermedia
Forest near Kaisers, Tyrol, October 2009
Apothecium cross section. Staining with Lactophenol-Methylblue-Acidfuchsin. Thalline exiple. Microscopy, Stereomicroscope, Microfoto
Usnea_intermedia-QS-Apo-630x_K.jpg Usnea intermedia
Forest near Kaisers, Tyrol, October 2009
Apothecium cross section, Staining with Lactophenol-Methylblue-Acidfuchsin. Closeup hymenium, asci with spores, paraphyses. Microscopy, Stereomicroscope, Microfoto
Usnea_intermedia-Ascus_K.jpg Usnea intermedia
Forest near Kaisers, Tyrol, October 2009
Ascus, 40 x 13 µm, amyloid, spores ellipsoid, 6 x 4 µm. Staining with Lugol. Microscopy, Stereomicroscope, Microfoto
DC-9A_9C-UV-365_K.jpg Usnea intermedia
TLC in 2 eluents:
9A in Toluene + Dioxane + Acetic acid (19,6 ml + 4,9 ml + 0,55 ml);
9C 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.
1: Usnea intermedia; Wagner 92
2: Usnea intermedia; Wagner 93
3: Usnea intermedia; Wagner 94
4: Cladonia symphycarpa; Schumm 4698 + Platismatia glauca; Schumm 3030


a = atranorin; us = usnic acid, no = norstictic acid; sa = salazinc acid


Microscopy, Stereomicroscope, Microfoto
DC-9A_9C-VIS_K.jpg Usnea intermedia
TLC in 2 eluents:
9A in Toluene + Dioxane + Acetic acid (19,6 ml + 4,9 ml + 0,55 ml);
9C in Toluene + Acetic acid (20 ml + 3 ml)
on a HPTLC plate Nano Adamant UV254, 5 x 5 cm;
Visible light, after treatment with 10 % sulfuric acid.
1: Usnea intermedia; Wagner 92
2: Usnea intermedia; Wagner 93
3: Usnea intermedia; Wagner 94
4: Cladonia symphycarpa; Schumm 4698 + Platismatia glauca; Schumm 3030


a = atranorin; us = usnic acid, no = norstictic acid; sa = salazinc acid


Microscopy, Stereomicroscope, Microfoto