philippresl.bsky.social
philippresl.bsky.social
philippresl.bsky.social
@philippresl.bsky.social
fungi, evolution, judo, sci-fi
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November 5, 2025 at 5:55 PM
This has been a super fun and exciting collaboration between members of the Lichnology and Acarology groups at University of Graz and colleagues from the Charles University in Prague. Big thanks to everyone who helped to get this out! More to come on this soon ...
November 5, 2025 at 5:53 PM
It seems that these common mites use C. rubrotincta as kindergarden. Our observations suggest that adult mites bite cavities into the lichen tissue and lay their eggs into them. We observed mite eggs and (the hitherto undescribed) juvenvile stages of the most commonly associated mites.
November 5, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Paper 2: We could show that Cladonia rubrotincta, C. norvegica and C. coniocrea have a high number of mites associated with them. Three species of the genus Carabodes and one species from Mycobates are the most common. But this is not all...
November 5, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Paper 1: We describe Cladonia rubrotincta as a new species, distinct from C. norvegica. C. rubrotincta produces red pigment (rhodocladonic acid) as a response to the presence of mites. Red pigmented material previously assigned to C. norvegica probably has to be revised.
November 5, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Could be Lambiella?
November 4, 2025 at 8:48 PM