Home >> Checklist: Death Valley National Park (California, Nevada) >> Previous version of Key >> Identification Key (new version): Death Valley National Park (California, Nevada)
Filter/Display Options
Family/Genus Filter:
Sort by:
Display images:
General
substrate
bryophytes
soil
rock (unspecified)
calciferous rock
bark
non-calciferous rock
Ascomata
ascomata*
absent
present
ascomata kind*
perithecioid
apothecioid
hymenium paraphyses(-oids)*
present
absent
Asci
ascus wall thickening
not thickened
thickened
ascus dehiscence type
prototunicate
unitunicate
bitunicate
lecanoralean
verrucarioid
Ascospores
ascospores shape*
ellipsoid
oblong-obtuse
globose
broadly ellipsoid
fusiform (spindle-shaped)
narrowly ellipsoid
subglobose
fusiform-elongate (fusiform-ellipsoid)
ascospores septation
present
absent
ascospores wall pigmentation*
medium brownish
hyaline
Secondary Metabolites [general]
secondary metabolite presence
present
absent
Photobionts
primary photobiont kind
chlorococcoid
cyanobacterioid
Upper Thallus Surface
upper surface color - overall*
bright white (atranorin white; vermicularis-white)
red
whitish yellow
bluish grey
brownish grey
brown
brownish green
orange
greenish yellow
reddish yellow
reddish brown
yellow
grey
black
greyish brown
green
yellowish red
upper surface pruina - presence/absence*
absent
present
James P. Bennett and Clifford M. Wetmore
Species Count: 10
Acarosporaceae
Acarospora schleicheri
Acarospora strigata
Candelariaceae
Candelariella rosulans
Lichinaceae
Heppia lutosa
Peccania texana
Physciaceae
Phaeophyscia kairamoi
Psoraceae
Psora tuckermanii
Teloschistaceae
Calogaya decipiens
Xanthomendoza trachyphylla
Verrucariaceae
Placidium lachneum