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Checklist: White Sands National Monument
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Key: White Sands National Monument
Taxon:
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Heppia
Lichinaceae
Physcia
Physciaceae
Placidium
Psora
Psoraceae
Verrucariaceae
Display as:
Scientific Name
Common Name
General
substrate
non-calciferous rock
rock (unspecified)
soil
calciferous rock
bark
bryophytes
Ascomata
ascomata kind*
perithecioid
apothecioid
hymenium paraphyses(-oids)*
absent
present
Asci
ascus wall thickening
not thickened
thickened
ascus dehiscence type
prototunicate
lecanoralean
verrucarioid
Ascospores
ascospores shape*
fusiform-elongate (fusiform-ellipsoid)
fusiform (spindle-shaped)
ascospores septation
absent
present
ascospores wall pigmentation*
medium brownish
hyaline
Secondary Metabolites [general]
secondary metabolite presence
present
absent
Photobionts
primary photobiont kind
cyanobacterioid
chlorococcoid
Upper Thallus Surface
upper surface color - overall*
bright white (atranorin white; vermicularis-white)
reddish white
green
yellowish red
brownish grey
black
reddish brown
brownish green
brown
brownish red
red
whitish grey
grey
White Sands National Monument
James P. Bennett and Clifford M. Wetmore
Species Count: 4
Lichinaceae
Heppia lutosa
Physciaceae
Physcia aipolia
Psoraceae
Psora decipiens
Verrucariaceae
Placidium lachneum
This project made possible by National Science Foundation Awards:
#1115116