Private Herbarium of Jason Hollinger (hb. Hollinger)
Acarospora elevata H. Magn.
Acarosporaceae
Jason Hollinger (2018-09-07)
ID certainty: uncertain
Jason Hollinger
15722
2016-10-11
Nastassja Noell
United States, Nevada, Washoe County, Mount Rose, summit
39.3437 -119.9178 +-5m.
3279 meters (10755ft)
alpine peak
metamorphic igneous rock
Rhizoplaca melanophthalma
thallus contiguous areolate, pruinose over medium dull brown, weakly convex, smooth; cortex ~50um with 0-10um epinecral layer, paraplect with globose cells to ~3-4um, C- in section with fresh C; algal layer cont. and even; apothecia immersed to ~flush, roung, dark brown, ~smooth; epihymenium red-brown; hymenium ~175um; subhymenium ~100um; hypothecium distinct ~40um; parathecium expanded to ~100um at top; paraphyses ~2-2.5um near base; spores many per ascus, subglobose to broadly ellipsoid, ~2.5-3.5x2-2.5um