Key

Filter/Display Options
Family/Genus Filter:
Sort by:
Display images
General
substrate
wood
bryophytes
non-calciferous rock
bark
rock (unspecified)
lifestyle
lichenized
bryophilous
Thallus Growth Morphology
thallus primary subunits arrangement*
distinctly separate (scattered)
evenly dispersed
contiguous (closely adjoining)
Ascomata
ascomata*
sterile
fertile
ascomata emergence*
sessile
stipitate
ascomata disc curvature*
plane
concave
ascomata disc color*
yellowish brown
yellow
yellowish green
white
greenish yellow
brown
reddish brown
Asci
tholus amyloidity pattern*
with amyloid cap
amyloid and with wide, axial body divergent towards apex (Lecanora-type)
amyloid and with narrow, axial body convergent towards apex (Bacidia-type)
Ascospores
ascospores shape*
curved
narrowly ellipsoid
broadly ellipsoid
fusiform-elongate (fusiform-ellipsoid)
ellipsoid
acicular
ascospores septation
absent
present
ascospores wall pigmentation*
pale brownish
hyaline
Secondary Metabolites [general]
secondary metabolite presence
absent
present
Photobionts
primary photobiont kind
chlorococcoid
cyanobacterioid
Upper Thallus Surface
upper surface color - overall*
grey
green
black
greyish blue
greyish green
brown
bluish green
yellow
greenish yellow
greyish yellow
lime yellow (bright greenish yellow; geographicum-green)
greenish brown
yellowish grey
Golden Gate National Recreation Area
James P. Bennett and Clifford M. Wetmore
Species Count: 6
Caliciaceae
Buellia oidalea
Lecanoraceae
Cladidium bolanderi
Peltigeraceae
Lobarina scrobiculata
Sticta limbata
Ramalinaceae
Vermilacinia cephalota
Vermilacinia ceruchis