Private Herbarium of Jason Hollinger (hb. Hollinger)
Lobothallia alphoplaca (Wahlenb.) Hafellner
Megasporaceae
Jason Hollinger (2017-05-15)
ID certainty: positive
Jason Hollinger
17492
2017-05-15
United States, Utah, San Juan County, Salt Creek, narrow part of mesa ca. 2 km WSW of Salt Creek Trailhead beside Beef Basin Rd.
37.9399 -109.726 +-5m.
2204 meters (7229ft)
steep N slope just below rim of sandstone mesa with pinyon-juniper woodland
sandstone
lobes ~terete, loose, solid, K+y-r strong; cortex clearly paraplect without any signs of dead algal cells, epicortex present; algae very jagged, not continuous below hypothecium; paraphyses with tips to ~5um; spores ~9-12x6-8um, broadly ellipsoid to ellipsoid