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General
substrate
rock (unspecified)
calciferous rock
wood
non-calciferous rock
bryophytes
soil
bark
Thallus Growth Morphology
crustose growth forms
continuous
granular
rimose
areolate (flattened areoles)
Ascomata
ascomata*
present
absent
Secondary Metabolites [general]
secondary metabolite presence
absent
present
Upper Thallus Surface
upper surface color - overall*
bright white (atranorin white; vermicularis-white)
grayish white
brownish white
whitish green
greenish yellow
greenish brown
greyish green
yellow
green
whitish grey
lime yellow (bright greenish yellow; geographicum-green)
brown
greenish grey
blackish brown
whitish brown
brownish green
grey
reddish brown
bluish grey
bluish green
Thallus Margin & Appendages
cilia - presence/absence*
absent
present
James P. Bennett and Clifford M. Wetmore
Species Count: 10
Cladoniaceae
Cladonia fimbriata
Cladonia furcata
Cladonia macilenta
Parmeliaceae
Flavoparmelia caperata
Usnea californica
Usnea intermedia
Pertusariaceae
Lepra amara
Physciaceae
Leucodermia leucomelos
Ramalinaceae
Ramalina menziesii
Sphaerophoraceae
Sphaerophorus globosus