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General
substrate
wood
bryophytes
non-calciferous rock
bark
rock (unspecified)
lifestyle
lichenized
bryophilous
Thallus Growth Morphology
thallus primary subunits arrangement*
evenly dispersed
contiguous (closely adjoining)
distinctly separate (scattered)
Ascomata
ascomata*
present
absent
ascomata emergence*
sessile
stipitate
ascomata disc curvature*
concave
plane
ascomata disc color*
yellowish brown
white
greenish yellow
yellow
yellowish green
reddish brown
brown
Asci
tholus amyloidity pattern*
with amyloid cap
amyloid and with narrow, axial body convergent towards apex (Bacidia-type)
amyloid and with wide, axial body divergent towards apex (Lecanora-type)
Ascospores
ascospores shape*
curved
broadly ellipsoid
ellipsoid
narrowly ellipsoid
fusiform-elongate (fusiform-ellipsoid)
acicular
ascospores septation
absent
present
ascospores wall pigmentation*
pale brownish
hyaline
Secondary Metabolites [general]
secondary metabolite presence
present
absent
Photobionts
primary photobiont kind
cyanobacterioid
chlorococcoid
Upper Thallus Surface
upper surface color - overall*
greyish blue
green
greyish green
greyish yellow
brown
lime yellow (bright greenish yellow; geographicum-green)
yellowish grey
grey
bluish green
greenish yellow
black
greenish brown
yellow
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