Taxon:Xanthoparmelia cumberlandia (Gyelnik) Hale Family: Parmeliaceae
Determiner: Jason Hollinger (2014-10-03)
Taxon Remarks:
lobulate
ID Remarks:
ID certainty: positive
Observer:
Jason Hollinger
Number:
7481
Date: 2014-10-03
Locality:
United States, Nevada, White Pine County, Great Basin National Park, Mount Wheeler Campground, small talus field south of campground
39.0087 -114.303 +-5m.
Elevation:
3020 meters (9906ft)
Habitat:
small open talus-field overlooking creek surrounded by _Picea engelmannii_ forest, geology a mixture of siliceous metamorphic and granitic rocks deposited by glaciers
Substrate:
quartzite block
Associated Species:
Lichenostigma cosmopolites
Notes:
lobes broad but abundantly imbricate-lobulate, lower side pale tan, upper side strongly maculate near tips somewhat convex loose, medulla K+y to bright deep red abundant norstictic acid crystals in section; TLC usnic + norstictic + connorstictic (JPH plate 39.22 on 20171105)