CNALHWeb-KeyJoshua Tree National Park

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Home >> Checklist: Joshua Tree National Park >> Previous version of Key >> Identification Key (new version): Joshua Tree National Park Filter/Display Options Family/Genus Filter: Sort by: Display images: General substrate soil rock (unspecified) wood bryophytes calciferous rock non-calciferous rock lichens bark life habit bryophilous lichenicolous lichenized Ascomata ascomata* absent present ascomata kind* mazaedioid apothecioid perithecioid hymenium paraphyses(-oids)* absent present Asci ascus wall thickening thickened not thickened ascus wall amyloidity present absent ascus dehiscence type prototunicate unitunicate bitunicate lecanoralean verrucarioid Ascospores ascospores septation absent present ascospores wall pigmentation* medium brownish hyaline pale brownish dark brownish 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 brownish white yellowish white reddish white green whitish yellow blue orange brownish grey greyish yellow yellowish brown greenish black blackish brown grey greenish brown brownish red blackish grey brown greyish brown greenish yellow yellow greyish blue bluish green reddish yellow reddish grey greyish green black yellowish red blackish green reddish brown whitish brown whitish grey red brownish green greenish grey lime yellow (bright greenish yellow; geographicum-green) bluish grey Joshua Tree National Park James P. Bennett and Clifford M. Wetmore Species Count: 63 Acarosporaceae Acarospora bullata Acarospora elevata Acarospora obnubila Acarospora socialis Acarospora strigata Polysporina lapponica Sarcogyne hypophaea Caliciaceae Amandinea punctata Buellia dispersa Buellia sequax Buellia spuria Cyphelium pinicola Diplotomma alboatrum Candelariaceae Candelariella aurella Candelariella rosulans Catillariaceae Thalloidima sedifolium Collemataceae Enchylium coccophorum Leptogium arsenei Graphidaceae Diploschistes actinostomus Lecanoraceae Lecanora laxa Lecidella carpathica Lecidella stigmatea Protoparmeliopsis garovaglii Rhizoplaca subdiscrepans Lecideaceae Lecidea laboriosa Lichinaceae Heppia adglutinata Heppia lutosa Lichinella nigritella Megasporaceae Aspicilia desertorum Lobothallia alphoplaca Lobothallia praeradiosa Mycosphaerellaceae Stigmidium epixanthum Parmeliaceae Melanohalea elegantula Melanohalea subolivacea Xanthoparmelia cumberlandia Xanthoparmelia lavicola Xanthoparmelia mexicana Peltulaceae Peltula euploca Physciaceae Phaeophyscia orbicularis Phaeophyscia sciastra Physcia biziana Physcia dimidiata Physcia phaea Psoraceae Psora decipiens Psora luridella Psora tuckermanii Ramalinaceae Lecania polycycla Rhizocarpaceae Rhizocarpon disporum Rhizocarpon geminatum Teloschistaceae Calogaya decipiens Caloplaca albovariegata Caloplaca epithallina Caloplaca pellodella Rusavskia elegans Squamulea squamosa Xanthomendoza mendozae Umbilicariaceae Umbilicaria phaea Verrucariaceae Clavascidium lacinulatum Dermatocarpon americanum Placidium acarosporoides Placopyrenium noxium Staurothele areolata Staurothele monicae
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