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substrate
non-calciferous rock
calciferous rock
bryophytes
soil
rock (unspecified)
bark
Ascomata
ascomata*
present
absent
ascomata kind*
apothecioid
perithecioid
hymenium paraphyses(-oids)*
present
absent
Asci
ascus wall thickening
not thickened
thickened
ascus dehiscence type
prototunicate
unitunicate
bitunicate
lecanoralean
verrucarioid
Ascospores
ascospores shape*
fusiform (spindle-shaped)
subglobose
oblong-obtuse
ellipsoid
fusiform-elongate (fusiform-ellipsoid)
globose
broadly ellipsoid
narrowly ellipsoid
ascospores septation
absent
present
ascospores wall pigmentation*
medium brownish
hyaline
Secondary Metabolites [general]
secondary metabolite presence
absent
present
Photobionts
primary photobiont kind
chlorococcoid
cyanobacterioid
Upper Thallus Surface
upper surface color - overall*
bright white (atranorin white; vermicularis-white)
yellow
brownish green
orange
brownish grey
bluish grey
brown
whitish yellow
reddish yellow
black
green
reddish brown
yellowish red
red
greenish yellow
greyish brown
grey
upper surface pruina - presence/absence*
present
absent
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