THALLUS: fruticose, broadly-branched, brilliant golden-orange
APOTHECIA: orange, with abundant eyelash-like cilia
SPORES: polarilocular, hyaline
CHEMISTRY: pigment K+ deep wine red (parietin, an anthraquinone)
Frequent in mediterranean regions worldwide.
Common Name: Gold-Eye Lichen or Eyed Orange-Bush
Brilliant golden-orange bushy lichen with ciliate orange apothecia.
On branches of coastal hardwood forests up to 600m. Prefers bright sunny locations with periodic moisture such as from morning fog.
The broad ridged branches and big ciliate dish-like apothecia of the typical form are unmistakable. T. contortuplicatus is similar in shape, but apparently less orange, or at least only orange in places. In North America, it occurs in the intermontane region.
Teloschistes chrysophthalmus, often referred to as the gold-eye lichen or golden-eye, is a fruticose lichen with branching lobes. Their sexual structures, apothecia, are bright-orange with spiny projections (cilia) situated around the rim.[2][3][4] It has a global distribution, but is often localized and rare in many parts of its range.[5] Colonies most often form along coastal areas.
It is a twig species, meaning that it grows on twigs. It is rarely abundant. Several sites were discovered along the coast of England during 2012 and 2013, where the hosts include hawthorn and apple trees.[6] In America it is known to grow on California live oak, dwarf coyote brush, Peritoma arborea, and magnolias.[3]
This species has been studied for anti-viral secondary metabolites and was found to contain parietin which exhibits virucidal effects against certain arenaviruses (Arenaviridae). [7]
Teloschistes chrysophthalmus, often referred to as the gold-eye lichen or golden-eye, is a fruticose lichen with branching lobes. Their sexual structures, apothecia, are bright-orange with spiny projections (cilia) situated around the rim. It has a global distribution, but is often localized and rare in many parts of its range. Colonies most often form along coastal areas.
It is a twig species, meaning that it grows on twigs. It is rarely abundant. Several sites were discovered along the coast of England during 2012 and 2013, where the hosts include hawthorn and apple trees. In America it is known to grow on California live oak, dwarf coyote brush, Peritoma arborea, and magnolias.
This species has been studied for anti-viral secondary metabolites and was found to contain parietin which exhibits virucidal effects against certain arenaviruses (Arenaviridae).
