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