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Siphula ceratites (Wahlenb.) Fr.  
Family: Icmadophilaceae
[Baeomyces ceratites Wahlenb.,  more]
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Stephen Sharnoff  
Life habit: lichenized (mutualistic with algal photobionts) thallus: fruticose (fruticous), shrub-like, beard-like thallus: continuous, diffuse, effuse [th] upper surface: grey(ish) | white(ish) | yellow(ish) white (ivory, off-white, cream-coloured) [th upper surface]: epruinose | pruinose [th] morphol substructures (eg areoles, lobes, branches) width [mm]: (min) 2.0 [th] morphol substructures (eg areoles, lobes, branches) upper surface: smooth, plane ascomata: absent secondary metabolites: present secondary metabolites: siphulin primary photobiont: present secondary photobionts (eg in cephalodia): absent primary photobiont: chlorophytaceous – trebouxiaceous, chlorococcoid.

substrate: soil, clay, humus, turf, detritus, dead leaves | rock, stones, pebbles – unspecified.
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Lucy Taylor  
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Stephen Sharnoff  
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Troy McMullin  
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