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General
substrate
non-calciferous rock
bark
wood
soil
rock (unspecified)
calciferous rock
bryophytes
Thallus Growth Morphology
crustose growth forms
continuous
granular
rimose
areolate (flattened areoles)
Ascomata
ascomata*
present
absent
Secondary Metabolites [general]
secondary metabolite presence
absent
present
Upper Thallus Surface
upper surface color - overall*
bright white (atranorin white; vermicularis-white)
grayish white
brownish white
greenish grey
brown
blackish brown
greyish green
whitish brown
grey
yellow
bluish grey
reddish brown
green
bluish green
greenish brown
brownish green
whitish green
whitish grey
greenish yellow
lime yellow (bright greenish yellow; geographicum-green)
Thallus Margin & Appendages
cilia - presence/absence*
absent
present
James P. Bennett and Clifford M. Wetmore
Species Count: 10
Cladoniaceae
Cladonia fimbriata
Cladonia furcata
Cladonia macilenta
Parmeliaceae
Flavoparmelia caperata
Usnea californica
Usnea intermedia
Pertusariaceae
Lepra amara
Physciaceae
Leucodermia leucomelos
Ramalinaceae
Ramalina menziesii
Sphaerophoraceae
Sphaerophorus globosus