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  substrate
   non-calciferous rock
   rock (unspecified)
   bryophytes
   bark
   soil
   calciferous rock
Ascomata
  ascomata kind*
   perithecioid
   apothecioid
  hymenium paraphyses(-oids)*
   absent
   present
Asci
  ascus wall thickening
   thickened
   not thickened
  ascus dehiscence type
   prototunicate
   lecanoralean
   verrucarioid
Ascospores
  ascospores shape*
   fusiform (spindle-shaped)
   fusiform-elongate (fusiform-ellipsoid)
  ascospores septation
   absent
   present
  ascospores wall pigmentation*
   medium brownish
   hyaline
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)
   reddish white
   green
   reddish brown
   brownish grey
   brownish red
   black
   red
   brownish green
   brown
   whitish grey
   yellowish red
   grey

White Sands National Monument

James P. Bennett and Clifford M. Wetmore
Species Count: 4

Lichinaceae

Physciaceae

Psoraceae

Verrucariaceae