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substrate
soil
bark
rock (unspecified)
bryophytes
non-calciferous rock
calciferous rock
Ascomata
ascomata*
absent
present
ascomata kind*
apothecioid
perithecioid
hymenium paraphyses(-oids)*
absent
present
Asci
ascus wall thickening
thickened
not thickened
ascus dehiscence type
prototunicate
unitunicate
bitunicate
lecanoralean
verrucarioid
Ascospores
ascospores shape*
globose
broadly ellipsoid
ellipsoid
oblong-obtuse
fusiform-elongate (fusiform-ellipsoid)
subglobose
fusiform (spindle-shaped)
narrowly ellipsoid
ascospores septation
present
absent
ascospores wall pigmentation*
hyaline
medium brownish
Secondary Metabolites [general]
secondary metabolite presence
absent
present
Photobionts
primary photobiont kind
cyanobacterioid
chlorococcoid
Upper Thallus Surface
upper surface color - overall*
bright white (atranorin white; vermicularis-white)
whitish yellow
grey
orange
black
reddish brown
green
greyish brown
greenish yellow
bluish grey
yellowish red
yellow
brown
red
brownish green
reddish yellow
brownish grey
upper surface pruina - presence/absence*
absent
present
James P. Bennett and Clifford M. Wetmore
Species Count: 10
Acarosporaceae
Acarospora schleicheri
Acarospora strigata
Candelariaceae
Candelariella rosulans
Lichinaceae
Heppia lutosa
Peccania texana
Physciaceae
Phaeophyscia kairamoi
Psoraceae
Psora tuckermanii
Teloschistaceae
Calogaya decipiens
Xanthomendoza trachyphylla
Verrucariaceae
Placidium lachneum