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General
substrate
calciferous rock
soil
bark
wood
non-calciferous rock
bryophytes
rock (unspecified)
lichens
lifestyle
lichenicolous
lichenized
Ascomata
ascomata*
present
absent
ascomata kind*
apothecioid
perithecioid
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*
medium brownish
hyaline
pale brownish
dark 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)
grayish white
brownish white
greenish white
yellowish white
reddish white
blue
whitish grey
whitish yellow
greyish brown
brownish grey
blackish grey
greenish yellow
reddish yellow
reddish brown
greyish green
brownish green
yellowish grey
whitish red
brown
black
yellowish red
greyish blue
grey
lime yellow (bright greenish yellow; geographicum-green)
whitish brown
blackish brown
reddish grey
yellowish brown
orange
greyish yellow
bluish grey
brownish black
bluish green
green
greenish grey
yellow
brownish red
greenish brown
red
brownish yellow (buff)
Species Count: 105
Acarosporaceae
Acarospora affinis
Acarospora badiofusca
Acarospora calcarea
Acarospora contigua
Acarospora nodulosa
Acarospora obnubila
Acarospora obpallens
Acarospora socialis
Acarospora squamulosa
Acarospora strigata
Acarospora succedens
Acarospora thamnina
Acarospora tuckerae
Acarospora veronensis
Trimmatothelopsis dispersa
Caliciaceae
Buellia badia
Buellia dispersa
Buellia nashii
Buellia sequax
Candelariaceae
Candelariella citrina
Candelariella rosulans
Candelina submexicana
Collemataceae
Blennothallia crispa
Enchylium coccophorum
Enchylium tenax
Graphidaceae
Diploschistes actinostomus
Diploschistes caesioplumbeus
Lecanoraceae
Lecanora argopholis
Lecanora cenisia
Lecanora nashii
Lecanora pseudistera
Protoparmeliopsis bipruinosa
Protoparmeliopsis garovaglii
Protoparmeliopsis muralis
Rhizoplaca novomexicana
Lichinaceae
Anema prodigulum
Digitothyrea polyglossa
Heppia adglutinata
Heppia conchiloba
Heppia despreauxii
Heppia lutosa
Megasporaceae
Aspicilia americana
Aspicilia desertorum
Aspicilia determinata
Aspicilia olivaceobrunnea
Lobothallia alphoplaca
Lobothallia praeradiosa
Lobothallia radiosa
Parmeliaceae
Xanthoparmelia tinctina
Xanthoparmelia weberi
Peltulaceae
Peltula bolanderi
Peltula euploca
Peltula farinosa
Peltula michoacanensis
Peltula obscurans
Peltula omphaliza
Peltula patellata
Peltula placodizans
Peltula psammophila
Peltula richardsii
Peltula zahlbruckneri
Physciaceae
Hyperphyscia adglutinata
Phaeophyscia hirsuta
Physcia caesia
Physcia dimidiata
Physcia poncinsii
Polyblastidium albicans
Psoraceae
Psora crenata
Psora decipiens
Psora icterica
Psora luridella
Psora russellii
Ramalinaceae
Thalloidima sedifolium
Stereocaulaceae
Lepraria vouauxii
Teloschistaceae
Caloplaca pellodella
Pyrenodesmia albovariegata
Squamulea parviloba
Squamulea phyllidizans
Squamulea squamosa
Squamulea subsoluta
Tayloriellina microphyllina
Verrucariaceae
Catapyrenium pilosellum
Catapyrenium squamulosum
Clavascidium lacinulatum
Dermatocarpon americanum
Dermatocarpon reticulatum
Dermatocarpon taminium
Endocarpon loscosii
Endocarpon pallidulum
Endocarpon petrolepideum
Endocarpon pusillum
Placidium acarosporoides
Placidium chilense
Placidium michelii
Placopyrenium stanfordii
Staurothele areolata
Staurothele lecideoides
Staurothele monicae
Verrucaria falcata
Verrucaria furfuracea
Verrucaria fuscoatroides
Verrucaria incrassata
Verrucaria inficiens
Verrucaria maculicarpa
Verrucaria othmarii