Private Herbarium of Jason Hollinger (hb. Hollinger)
Caloplaca albovariegata (B. de Lesd.) Wetmore
Teloschistaceae
Jason Hollinger (2019-08-18)
ID certainty: positive
Jason Hollinger
22721
2019-07-30
United States, Nevada, Nye County, Toiyabe Range, across creek from North Twin Trail ca. 180 m from trailhead
38.893 -117.259 +-50m.
2000 meters (6560ft)
massive N-facing volcanic outcrops at bottom of deep canyon in lower pinyon-juniper zone
metamorphic rock
thalline cortex very irregular owing to clumped algae, irregularly arranged subglobose cells ~6-8um, gray at upper edge, epinecral layer to 5um or almost lacking; amphithecial cortex to ~25um, subparaplect. with vertical columns of subglobose cells ~6-7um wide, brown near edge, clear to granular in upper apothecial margin; algae interrupted with hyphal bundles; epihymenium brownish; hymenium 100um; subhymenium inspersed, 75um; parathecium short radiating hyphae ~2-3um wide expanding at edge to subparaplect subglobose cells ~6-7um wide; paraphyses unbranched, submoniliform with a few swollen cells near tips to ~3um; spores 15-17x7-10um septum ~1-1.5um well-developed