habitat_substrate_aspicilia
aspicilia
Arthonia anatolica seems to be parasymbiotic or weakly parasitic on the thalli of Aspicilia contorta subsp. hoffmanniana, as slight bleaching occurs in the infected areoles of the host. The new species is known from two localities in central and eastern Turkey, where steppe vegetation is pre-dominant. As the host species has a wide distribution in the northern hemisphere on calcareous rocks, the species should be sought elsewhere.
Arthonia anatolica
Arthonia anatolica