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substrate
bark
soil
rock (unspecified)
calciferous rock
wood
lichens
non-calciferous rock
bryophytes
life habit
lichenicolous
bryophilous
lichenized
Ascomata
ascomata*
absent
present
ascomata kind*
perithecioid
mazaedioid
apothecioid
hymenium paraphyses(-oids)*
present
absent
Asci
ascus wall thickening
thickened
not thickened
ascus wall amyloidity
absent
present
ascus dehiscence type
prototunicate
unitunicate
bitunicate
lecanoralean
verrucarioid
Ascospores
ascospores septation
present
absent
ascospores wall pigmentation*
dark brownish
medium brownish
hyaline
pale 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
brownish white
yellowish white
reddish white
brownish red
whitish grey
black
red
bluish grey
brown
blue
blackish green
greenish yellow
reddish grey
reddish yellow
reddish brown
orange
yellow
greyish brown
yellowish brown
greyish green
greenish grey
grey
whitish brown
bluish green
greyish blue
greenish black
blackish brown
brownish grey
greenish brown
green
brownish green
blackish grey
lime yellow (bright greenish yellow; geographicum-green)
yellowish red
whitish yellow
greyish yellow
James P. Bennett and Clifford M. Wetmore
Species Count: 63
Acarosporaceae
Acarospora bullata
Acarospora elevata
Acarospora obnubila
Acarospora privigna
Acarospora socialis
Acarospora strigata
Polysporina lapponica
Caliciaceae
Amandinea punctata
Buellia dispersa
Buellia sequax
Buellia spuria
Cyphelium pinicola
Diplotomma alboatrum
Candelariaceae
Candelariella aurella
Candelariella rosulans
Collemataceae
Enchylium coccophorum
Leptogium arsenei
Graphidaceae
Diploschistes actinostomus
Lecanoraceae
Lecanora laxa
Lecidella carpathica
Lecidella stigmatea
Protoparmeliopsis garovaglii
Rhizoplaca subdiscrepans
Lecideaceae
Lecidea laboriosa
Lichinaceae
Heppia adglutinata
Heppia lutosa
Lichinella nigritella
Megasporaceae
Aspicilia desertorum
Lobothallia alphoplaca
Lobothallia praeradiosa
Mycosphaerellaceae
Stigmidium epixanthum
Parmeliaceae
Melanohalea elegantula
Melanohalea subolivacea
Xanthoparmelia cumberlandia
Xanthoparmelia lavicola
Xanthoparmelia mexicana
Peltulaceae
Peltula euploca
Physciaceae
Phaeophyscia orbicularis
Phaeophyscia sciastra
Physcia biziana
Physcia dimidiata
Physcia phaea
Psoraceae
Psora decipiens
Psora luridella
Psora tuckermanii
Ramalinaceae
Lecania polycycla
Thalloidima sedifolium
Rhizocarpaceae
Rhizocarpon disporum
Rhizocarpon geminatum
Teloschistaceae
Calogaya decipiens
Caloplaca pellodella
Erichansenia epithallina
Pyrenodesmia albovariegata
Rusavskia elegans
Squamulea squamosa
Xanthomendoza mendozae
Umbilicariaceae
Umbilicaria phaea
Verrucariaceae
Clavascidium lacinulatum
Dermatocarpon americanum
Placidium acarosporoides
Placopyrenium noxium
Staurothele areolata
Staurothele monicae