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substrate
non-calciferous rock
bark
lichens
wood
soil
rock (unspecified)
calciferous rock
bryophytes
lifestyle
lichenized
lichenicolous
Ascomata
ascomata*
present
absent
ascomata kind*
apothecioid
perithecioid
Asci
ascus wall thickening
thickened
not thickened
ascus wall amyloidity
absent
present
ascus dehiscence type
unitunicate
lecanoralean
verrucarioid
Ascospores
ascospores septation
absent
present
ascospores wall pigmentation*
pale brownish
dark brownish
hyaline
medium brownish
Secondary Metabolites [general]
secondary metabolite presence
absent
present
Photobionts
primary photobiont kind
chlorococcoid
cyanobacterioid
Upper Thallus Surface
upper surface color - overall*
bright white (atranorin white; vermicularis-white)
grayish white
greenish white
brownish white
yellowish white
reddish white
greyish brown
whitish yellow
blackish brown
greenish grey
greyish black
whitish brown
orange
blue
reddish yellow
greenish brown
green
whitish grey
yellowish brown
brownish green
red
greenish yellow
greenish black
yellowish red
bluish grey
brownish black
black
yellow
brown
yellowish grey
greyish green
grey
greyish yellow
bluish green
whitish green
lime yellow (bright greenish yellow; geographicum-green)
brownish red
brownish yellow (buff)
reddish brown
greyish blue
brownish grey
James P. Bennett and Clifford M. Wetmore
Species Count: 87
Acarosporaceae
Acarospora badiofusca
Acarospora fuscata
Acarospora schleicheri
Myriospora smaragdula
Caliciaceae
Amandinea punctata
Buellia dispersa
Buellia spuria
Buellia tyrolensis
Dimelaena oreina
Candelariaceae
Candelariella rosulans
Candelariella spraguei
Candelina submexicana
Cladoniaceae
Cladonia cariosa
Cladonia chlorophaea
Cladonia coniocraea
Cladonia fimbriata
Cladonia phyllophora
Cladonia pyxidata
Coccocarpiaceae
Spilonema revertens
Collemataceae
Collema texanum
Scytinium gelatinosum
Graphidaceae
Diploschistes actinostomus
Lecanoraceae
Lecanora argopholis
Lecanora caesiorubella
Lecanora cenisia
Lecanora meridionalis
Lecidella carpathica
Lecidella euphorea
Lecidella stigmatea
Rhizoplaca chrysoleuca
Rhizoplaca melanophthalma
Rhizoplaca novomexicana
Lecideaceae
Lecidea tessellata
Megasporaceae
Aspicilia desertorum
Circinaria caesiocinerea
Lobothallia alphoplaca
Schaereria fuscocinera
Pannariaceae
Fuscopannaria praetermissa
Pannaria tavaresii
Vahliella leucophaea
Parmeliaceae
Bryoria fuscescens
Imshaugia placorodia
Parmelia fraudans
Parmelia sulcata
Tuckermanella fendleri
Usnea intermedia
Usnea subfloridana
Vulpicida pinastri
Xanthoparmelia subhosseana
Peltigeraceae
Peltigera canina
Peltigera degenii
Peltigera polydactylon
Peltigera rufescens
Pertusariaceae
Pertusaria azulensis
Pertusaria rubefacta
Pertusaria saximontana
Physciaceae
Heterodermia pseudospeciosa
Phaeophyscia ciliata
Phaeophyscia hirsuta
Phaeophyscia hispidula
Physcia aipolia
Physcia biziana
Physcia caesia
Physcia callosa
Physcia phaea
Physcia stellaris
Rinodina castanomela
Placynthiaceae
Placynthium nigrum
Ramalinaceae
Ramalina obtusata
Ramalina pollinaria
Stereocaulaceae
Lepraria membranacea
Teloschistaceae
Caloplaca cerina
Caloplaca vitellinula
Erichansenia epithallina
Flavoplaca citrina
Gyalolechia flavorubescens
Gyalolechia flavovirescens
Polycauliona polycarpa
Pyrenodesmia variabilis
Rusavskia elegans
Squamulea subsoluta
Tayloriellina microphyllina
Xanthomendoza fallax
Umbilicariaceae
Umbilicaria papulosa
Umbilicaria pensylvanica
Umbilicaria vellea
Verrucariaceae
Dermatocarpon miniatum