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General
substrate
wood
soil
calciferous rock
rock (unspecified)
bryophytes
bark
non-calciferous rock
Thallus Growth Morphology
crustose growth forms
continuous
granular
rimose
areolate (flattened areoles)
Ascomata
ascomata*
present
absent
Secondary Metabolites [general]
secondary metabolite presence
absent
present
Upper Thallus Surface
upper surface color - overall*
bright white (atranorin white; vermicularis-white)
grayish white
brownish white
greyish green
yellow
bluish grey
grey
green
bluish green
reddish brown
greenish brown
whitish green
brownish green
greenish yellow
greenish grey
whitish grey
blackish brown
lime yellow (bright greenish yellow; geographicum-green)
brown
whitish brown
Thallus Margin & Appendages
cilia - presence/absence*
present
absent
James P. Bennett and Clifford M. Wetmore
Species Count: 10
Cladoniaceae
Cladonia fimbriata
Cladonia furcata
Cladonia macilenta
Parmeliaceae
Flavoparmelia caperata
Usnea californica
Usnea intermedia
Pertusariaceae
Lepra amara
Physciaceae
Leucodermia leucomelos
Ramalinaceae
Ramalina menziesii
Sphaerophoraceae
Sphaerophorus globosus