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General
substrate
bark
rock (unspecified)
bryophytes
wood
non-calciferous rock
life habit
bryophilous
lichenized
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*
brown
reddish brown
yellowish brown
white
greenish yellow
yellow
yellowish green
Asci
tholus amyloidity pattern*
amyloid and with narrow, axial body convergent towards apex (Bacidia-type)
with amyloid cap
amyloid and with wide, axial body divergent towards apex (Lecanora-type)
Ascospores
ascospores shape*
broadly ellipsoid
fusiform-elongate (fusiform-ellipsoid)
ellipsoid
curved
acicular
narrowly ellipsoid
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*
greenish brown
greyish green
yellowish grey
lime yellow (bright greenish yellow; geographicum-green)
yellow
greyish blue
black
greyish yellow
greenish yellow
grey
green
bluish green
brown
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