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General
substrate
non-calciferous rock
bryophytes
bark
rock (unspecified)
wood
Thallus Growth Morphology
thallus primary subunits arrangement*
evenly dispersed
adjoining in the center, dispersed along the periphery
distinctly separate (scattered)
contiguous (closely adjoining)
Ascomata
ascomata emergence*
sessile
stipitate
ascomata disc curvature*
convex
concave
weakly convex
ascomata disc color*
yellowish brown
black
white
yellowish green
brown
reddish brown
yellow
greenish yellow
Asci
tholus amyloidity pattern*
amyloid and with wide, axial body divergent towards apex (Lecanora-type)
amyloid and with narrow, axial body convergent towards apex (Bacidia-type)
with amyloid cap
Ascospores
ascospores shape*
acicular
narrowly ellipsoid
curved
oblong-obtuse
ellipsoid
oblong-truncate
broadly ellipsoid
fusiform-elongate (fusiform-ellipsoid)
ascospores septation
present
absent
ascospores wall pigmentation*
medium brownish
pale brownish
greenish grey
Secondary Metabolites [general]
secondary metabolite presence
absent
present
Photobionts
primary photobiont kind
chlorococcoid
cyanobacterioid
Upper Thallus Surface
upper surface color - overall*
bright white (atranorin white; vermicularis-white)
grayish white
yellowish white
yellowish grey
bluish grey
bluish green
greyish green
greenish brown
yellow
black
greyish blue
grey
greyish yellow
greenish yellow
lime yellow (bright greenish yellow; geographicum-green)
green
brown
James P. Bennett and Clifford M. Wetmore
Species Count: 6
Caliciaceae
Diplotomma penichrum
Lecanoraceae
Cladidium bolanderi
Lobariaceae
Lobarina scrobiculata
Sticta limbata
Ramalinaceae
Niebla cephalota
Niebla ceruchis