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General
substrate
calciferous rock
soil
wood
rock (unspecified)
bryophytes
non-calciferous rock
bark
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
whitish grey
brownish green
blackish brown
yellow
brown
whitish brown
bluish grey
whitish green
grey
greyish green
bluish green
greenish yellow
reddish brown
green
greenish brown
lime yellow (bright greenish yellow; geographicum-green)
Thallus Margin & Appendages
cilia - presence/absence*
present
absent
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