Private Herbarium of Jason Hollinger (hb. Hollinger)
Sarcogyne hypophaea (Nyl.) Arnold
Acarosporaceae
Jason Hollinger (2017-05-05)
ID certainty: positive
Jason Hollinger
17280
2017-05-05
United States, Utah, Garfield County, Aquarius Plateau, ca. 10 km E of Johns Valley Rd. on FH 17 near head of Sweetwater Creek on slopes N of road
37.827 -111.899 +-50m.
2650 meters (8692ft)
open conifer woodland on south-facing sandstone slopes
calcareous sandstone
Candelariella aurella, Rusavskia elegans
thallus absent; apothecia contorted and crowded, disk red-black; exciple carbonized, conspicuous joint lines; hypothecium hyaline or with thin brown layer under older apothecia; hymenium ~80um; paraphyses ~1-2um; spores many, ~3-4x2-2.5um