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substrate
bark
calciferous rock
non-calciferous rock
bryophytes
soil
rock (unspecified)
Ascomata
ascomata*
absent
present
ascomata kind*
perithecioid
apothecioid
hymenium paraphyses(-oids)*
present
absent
Asci
ascus wall thickening
not thickened
thickened
ascus dehiscence type
prototunicate
unitunicate
bitunicate
lecanoralean
verrucarioid
Ascospores
ascospores shape*
ovoid
fusiform-elongate (fusiform-ellipsoid)
globose
broadly ellipsoid
oblong-obtuse
fusiform (spindle-shaped)
subglobose
narrowly ellipsoid
ellipsoid
ascospores septation
present
absent
ascospores wall pigmentation*
hyaline
medium brownish
Secondary Metabolites [general]
secondary metabolite presence
absent
present
Photobionts
primary photobiont kind
cyanobacterioid
chlorococcoid
Upper Thallus Surface
upper surface color - overall*
bright white (atranorin white; vermicularis-white)
orange
greyish brown
bluish grey
brown
black
green
whitish yellow
yellowish red
red
reddish brown
brownish grey
reddish yellow
grey
greenish brown
brownish green
greenish yellow
yellow
upper surface pruina - presence/absence*
absent
present
James P. Bennett and Clifford M. Wetmore
Species Count: 11
Acarosporaceae
Acarospora schleicheri
Acarospora strigata
Candelariaceae
Candelariella rosulans
Lichinaceae
Heppia lutosa
Peccania texana
Peltulaceae
Peltula obscurans
Physciaceae
Phaeophyscia kairamoi
Psoraceae
Psora tuckermanii
Teloschistaceae
Calogaya decipiens
Xanthomendoza trachyphylla
Verrucariaceae
Placidium lachneum