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