Private Herbarium of Jason Hollinger (hb. Hollinger)
Rhizocarpon badioatrum (Flörke ex Sprengel) Th. Fr.
Rhizocarpaceae
Jason Hollinger (2014-10-26)
ID certainty: positive
Jason Hollinger
6770
2014-10-26
Nastassja Noell
United States, Washington, Spokane County, Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge, Curtis Road Unit
47.4866 -117.5333 +-5m.
699 meters (2293ft)
steep north-facing cliff with caves and scattered pines and shrubs at foot
basalt boulder
thallus extensive rimose-areolate, areoles small convex pinkish liek distinctum, medulla K+y strong not turning red no crystals, apothecia superficial round black with thick black rims small, epihymenium and exciple dark red-brown turning K+r/v vivid, hypothecium dark brown K-, spores 8 per ascus exclusively 1-septate starting hyaline soon turning bluish then pale brown before fully maturity then dark brown when overmature and shriveled ~28-32x14-16(18)um