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General
substrate
non-calciferous rock
wood
bryophytes
rock (unspecified)
bark
lifestyle
bryophilous
lichenized
Thallus Growth Morphology
thallus primary subunits arrangement*
distinctly separate (scattered)
contiguous (closely adjoining)
evenly dispersed
Ascomata
ascomata*
present
absent
ascomata emergence*
sessile
stipitate
ascomata disc curvature*
plane
concave
ascomata disc color*
white
yellowish green
brown
yellow
greenish yellow
yellowish brown
reddish brown
Asci
tholus amyloidity pattern*
amyloid and with wide, axial body divergent towards apex (Lecanora-type)
with amyloid cap
amyloid and with narrow, axial body convergent towards apex (Bacidia-type)
Ascospores
ascospores shape*
acicular
curved
broadly ellipsoid
fusiform-elongate (fusiform-ellipsoid)
ellipsoid
narrowly ellipsoid
ascospores septation
absent
present
ascospores wall pigmentation*
hyaline
pale brownish
Secondary Metabolites [general]
secondary metabolite presence
absent
present
Photobionts
primary photobiont kind
cyanobacterioid
chlorococcoid
Upper Thallus Surface
upper surface color - overall*
lime yellow (bright greenish yellow; geographicum-green)
yellow
greyish blue
greyish yellow
brown
greenish yellow
green
grey
bluish green
black
yellowish grey
greyish green
greenish 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