S. E. Favero-Longo, M. Girlanda, R. Honegger, B. Fubini and R. Piervittori 2007: Interactions of sterile-cultured lichen-forming ascomycetes with asbestos fibres. - Mycological Research111(4): 473-481. [RLL List # 208 / Rec.# 29509] Keywords: CULTURES/ ASBESTOS/ CHRYOLITE/ LICHEN METABOLITES/ WEATHERING/ MYCOBIONT CULTURE/ LECANORA/ CANDELARIELLA/ XANTHOPARMELIA
Abstract: [Mycobionts of Lecanora rupicola, Candelariella vitellina and Xanthoparmelia tinctina, cultured on chryolite fibers, tightly adhered and chemically affected the fibers in this weathering simulation. "Oxalic acid and pulvinic acid, mycobiont-derived metabolites of X. tinctina and C. vitellina, were involved in the weathering action."]