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substrate
non-calciferous rock
bark
soil
bryophytes
lichens
calciferous rock
rock (unspecified)
wood
lifestyle
lichenicolous
lichenized
bryophilous
Ascomata
ascomata*
present
absent
ascomata kind*
apothecioid
perithecioid
hymenium paraphyses(-oids)*
absent
present
Asci
ascus wall thickening
thickened
not thickened
ascus wall amyloidity
absent
present
ascus dehiscence type
unitunicate
bitunicate
lecanoralean
verrucarioid
Ascospores
ascospores septation
present
absent
ascospores wall pigmentation*
hyaline
medium brownish
pale brownish
dark brownish
Photobionts
primary photobiont kind
cyanobacterioid
chlorococcoid
Upper Thallus Surface
upper surface color - overall*
bright white (atranorin white; vermicularis-white)
grayish white
bluish white
brownish white
greenish white
yellowish white
greenish grey
whitish brown
brownish yellow (buff)
brownish green
yellow
brown
orange
greyish blue
red
lime yellow (bright greenish yellow; geographicum-green)
greyish green
whitish grey
reddish brown
blackish brown
reddish yellow
blackish grey
whitish yellow
greenish brown
brownish grey
green
greyish yellow
yellowish red
yellowish grey
bluish grey
grey
blue
brownish black
yellowish brown
black
greenish yellow
greyish brown
James P. Bennett and Clifford M. Wetmore
Species Count: 67
Acarosporaceae
Acarospora americana
Acarospora bullata
Acarospora fuscata
Acarospora privigna
Acarospora schleicheri
Acarospora socialis
Acarospora strigata
Glypholecia scabra
Candelariaceae
Candelariella aurella
Candelariella rosulans
Candelariella vitellina
Collemataceae
Enchylium tenax
Scytinium contortum
Scytinium erectum
Graphidaceae
Diploschistes actinostomus
Diploschistes scruposus
Lecanoraceae
Aspicilia peltastictoides
Lecanora argopholis
Lecidella carpathica
Lecidella stigmatea
Myriolecis flowersiana
Protoparmeliopsis garovaglii
Protoparmeliopsis muralis
Protoparmeliopsis peltata
Rhizoplaca melanophthalma
Lecideaceae
Lecidea tessellata
Megasporaceae
Lobothallia alphoplaca
Parmeliaceae
Melanohalea elegantula
Melanohalea subolivacea
Montanelia tominii
Usnea hirta
Xanthoparmelia lineola
Xanthoparmelia mexicana
Xanthoparmelia plittii
Peltigeraceae
Peltigera rufescens
Pertusariaceae
Pertusaria saximontana
Physciaceae
Anaptychia desertorum
Physcia dubia
Physconia detersa
Physconia muscigena
Psoraceae
Psora cerebriformis
Psora luridella
Psora tuckermanii
Ramalinaceae
Thalloidima candidum
Toninia philippea
Rhizocarpaceae
Rhizocarpon disporum
Squamarinaceae
Squamarina lentigera
Teloschistaceae
Apatoplaca oblongula
Calogaya decipiens
Caloplaca durietzii
Caloplaca sideritis
Flavoplaca citrina
Gyalolechia bracteata
Gyalolechia epiphyta
Pyrenodesmia albovariegata
Pyrenodesmia atroalba
Rusavskia elegans
Tayloriellina microphyllina
Xanthomendoza montana
Xanthomendoza trachyphylla
Verrucariaceae
Dermatocarpon miniatum
Dermatocarpon moulinsii
Placidium lachneum
Staurothele areolata
Staurothele drummondii
Staurothele elenkinii
Verrucaria inficiens