Private Herbarium of Jason Hollinger (hb. Hollinger)
Heppia despreauxii (Mont.) Tuck.
Lichinaceae
Jason Hollinger (2016-03-30)
ID certainty: positive
Jason Hollinger
10766
2016-03-30
Nastassja Noell
United States, Nevada, Lincoln County, Antelope Canyon, top of limestone cliffs on N side of cyn. ca. 0.75 mi. W of Hwy. 93
37.638 -114.52 +-50m.
1550 meters (5084ft)
open, east-facing slope of massive limestone outcrop; scattered _Juniperus osteosperma_ and _Cercocarpus intricatus_
soil in limestone crack
upper cortex well-developed, epinecral layer ~5um; medulla anticlinal hyphae ~3-5um thick; lower cortex absent; epihymenium orange-tan, K- or purer orange; hymenium I+ deep red with tiny bit I+v at bottom at least briefly; spores 8 per ascus, ~17-20x11-12um