Private Herbarium of Jason Hollinger (hb. Hollinger)
Staurothele fissa (Taylor) Zwackh
Verrucariaceae
Jason Hollinger (2018-11-16)
ID certainty: positive
Jason Hollinger
12569
2016-06-02
Nastassja Noell
United States, Nevada, Lincoln County, Highland Peak, north slope near top of western peak
37.899 -114.586 +-50m.
2750 meters (9020ft)
massive limestone cliffs surrounded by _Abies concolor_-_Pinus longaeva_ forest high on steep north slope
sheltered corner in limestone cliff
thalluse minutely areolate; areoles ~0.1-0.2mm, pale brownish-greenish; perithecia superficial, ~350um wide; involucrellum extending to base, one wrapping under a bit, but none entire, appressed to exciple or arching a bit near base, evenly thickened; hymenium with some algae; spores 2 per ascus, brown, muriform, ~32-40x13-18um