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substrate
bryophytes
lichens
soil
calciferous rock
non-calciferous rock
wood
rock (unspecified)
bark
lifestyle
lichenicolous
lichenized
Ascomata
ascomata*
sterile
fertile
ascomata kind*
apothecioid
perithecioid
Asci
ascus wall thickening
thickened
not thickened
ascus wall amyloidity
present
absent
ascus dehiscence type
unitunicate
lecanoralean
verrucarioid
Ascospores
ascospores septation
present
absent
ascospores wall pigmentation*
dark brownish
hyaline
pale brownish
medium brownish
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)
grayish white
greenish white
brownish white
yellowish white
reddish white
brownish red
blue
brownish yellow (buff)
grey
brownish black
whitish yellow
greyish yellow
green
red
bluish green
whitish grey
yellow
greyish black
yellowish brown
bluish grey
brownish grey
brownish green
whitish brown
greyish blue
greenish grey
yellowish red
orange
greyish brown
greenish black
greyish green
reddish yellow
black
blackish brown
reddish brown
yellowish grey
brown
greenish brown
greenish yellow
whitish green
lime yellow (bright greenish yellow; geographicum-green)
El Malpais National Monument
James P. Bennett and Clifford M. Wetmore
Species Count: 87
Acarosporaceae
Caliciaceae
Candelariaceae
Cladoniaceae
Coccocarpiaceae
Collemataceae
Graphidaceae
Lecanoraceae
Lecideaceae
Megasporaceae
Pannariaceae
Parmeliaceae
Peltigeraceae
Pertusariaceae
Physciaceae
Placynthiaceae
Ramalinaceae
Stereocaulaceae
Teloschistaceae
Umbilicariaceae
Verrucariaceae