Private Herbarium of Jason Hollinger (hb. Hollinger)
Lecidea auriculata cfr.
Jason Hollinger (2016-09-07)
K+y/r exciple
ID certainty: to group
Jason Hollinger
14815
2016-09-07
Nastassja Noell
United States, California, Inyo County, Bishop Pass
37.1141 -118.5446 +-5m.
3660 meters (12005ft)
alpine bouldery knob
granite pebble
thallus lacking; medulla I+v mostly; apothecia weakly clustered in spots; epihymenium aeruginose-black; hymenium ~60-65um, clear; hypothecium pale brownish; exciple dark brown edge, paler brown inside, K+ deep yellow turning orange-red at top (but no crystals even in fresh K), lower part K+ weak violet, C- in section; spores 8 per ascus, oblong-ellipsoid, ~8-13x3-4um