United States, Washington, Spokane County, Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge, cliff complex in southwestern part of refuge near outflow from Hale Lakes
47.3938 -117.608 +-5m.
704 meters (2309ft)
low band of south-facing basalt cliffs near pine forest
basalt
Candelaria pacifica, Leprocaulon knudsenii
thallus lacking or dispersed minute pale gray-brownish areoles, apothecia scattered, disk pale to dark brown some lightly to more distinctly pale pruinose but pruina K- C-, rims thalline pale often pruinose K- C- KC- P+o prominant smooth well-developed, epihymenium strongly coarsely granular POL+ not clearing in K, hymenium ~60-80um inspersed throughout with epihymenial crystals, parathecium well-developed ~30um thick, algae continuous below parathecium, amphithecium cortex very gelatinous to 20-40um below well-delimited obscured but POL+ granules especially in margin not clearing in K, spores 12.7±0.3x6.2±0.6um (N=5) walls thin