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General
substrate
soil
non-calciferous rock
bark
calciferous rock
rock (unspecified)
bryophytes
Ascomata
ascomata kind*
perithecioid
apothecioid
interascal hyphae (hamathecium)*
absent
present
Asci
ascus wall thickening
thickened
not thickened
ascus dehiscence type
prototunicate
lecanoralean
verrucarioid
Ascospores
ascospores shape*
fusiform (spindle-shaped)
fusiform-elongate (fusiform-ellipsoid)
ascospores septation
absent
present
ascospores wall pigmentation*
hyaline
medium brownish
Secondary Metabolites [general]
secondary metabolite presence
absent
present
Photobionts
primary photobiont kind
cyanobacterioid
chlorococcoid
Upper Thallus Surface
upper surface color - overall*
bright white (atranorin white; vermicularis-white)
reddish white
reddish brown
yellowish red
black
brownish red
grey
brownish green
red
green
brownish grey
brown
whitish grey
White Sands National Monument
James P. Bennett and Clifford M. Wetmore
Species Count: 4
Lichinaceae
Physciaceae
Psoraceae
Verrucariaceae