Private Herbarium of Jason Hollinger (hb. Hollinger)
Staurothele elenkinii Oksner
Verrucariaceae
Jason Hollinger (2018-05-30)
ID certainty: positive
Jason Hollinger
21307
2018-05-28
Nastassja Noell
United States, Nevada, Lincoln County, Jumbled Hills
37.3061 -115.6145 +-5m.
1523 meters (4995ft)
north-facing ash-tuff cliff with sparse _Yucca brevifolia_, _Y. baccata_ and _Purshia tridentata_
top of ash-tuff boulder
Calogaya decipiens, Caloplaca "tangerina"
areoles subglobose, black-brown, rough; perithecia ~400-500um, immersed within areoles but since it fills entire areole it appears to be superficial like S. elenkenii , ostiole pruinose; algae in hymenium; spores 2 per ascus?, large, brown, muriform, ~40-45x20-25um