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