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substrate
calciferous rock
non-calciferous rock
bryophytes
soil
rock (unspecified)
bark
wood
lichens
lifestyle
lichenized
lichenicolous
Ascomata
ascomata*
present
absent
ascomata kind*
apothecioid
perithecioid
Asci
ascus wall thickening
not thickened
thickened
ascus wall amyloidity
absent
present
ascus dehiscence type
unitunicate
lecanoralean
verrucarioid
Ascospores
ascospores septation
absent
present
ascospores wall pigmentation*
hyaline
pale brownish
dark brownish
medium brownish
Secondary Metabolites [general]
secondary metabolite presence
present
absent
Photobionts
primary photobiont kind
cyanobacterioid
chlorococcoid
Upper Thallus Surface
upper surface color - overall*
bright white (atranorin white; vermicularis-white)
grayish white
greenish white
brownish white
yellowish white
reddish white
brown
greyish black
greenish black
greyish green
yellowish red
black
orange
bluish green
yellowish grey
reddish brown
greyish yellow
whitish green
whitish grey
brownish red
whitish yellow
brownish black
greyish blue
greenish grey
brownish grey
whitish brown
greyish brown
blackish brown
blue
reddish yellow
brownish green
yellowish brown
grey
greenish brown
greenish yellow
brownish yellow (buff)
lime yellow (bright greenish yellow; geographicum-green)
bluish grey
green
red
yellow
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