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substrate
soil
bark
calciferous rock
bryophytes
non-calciferous rock
rock (unspecified)
Ascomata
ascomata kind*
apothecioid
perithecioid
hymenium paraphyses(-oids)*
absent
present
Asci
ascus wall thickening
thickened
not thickened
ascus dehiscence type
prototunicate
lecanoralean
verrucarioid
Ascospores
ascospores shape*
fusiform-elongate (fusiform-ellipsoid)
fusiform (spindle-shaped)
ascospores septation
absent
present
ascospores wall pigmentation*
hyaline
medium 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)
reddish white
red
black
brownish green
brown
yellowish red
whitish grey
grey
green
brownish grey
brownish red
reddish brown
James P. Bennett and Clifford M. Wetmore
Species Count: 4
Lichinaceae
Heppia lutosa
Physciaceae
Physcia aipolia
Psoraceae
Psora decipiens
Verrucariaceae
Placidium lachneum