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substrate
calciferous rock
bryophytes
bark
non-calciferous rock
rock (unspecified)
soil
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 (spindle-shaped)
fusiform-elongate (fusiform-ellipsoid)
ascospores septation
present
absent
ascospores wall pigmentation*
hyaline
medium brownish
Secondary Metabolites [general]
secondary metabolite presence
absent
present
Photobionts
primary photobiont kind
cyanobacterioid
chlorococcoid
Upper Thallus Surface
upper surface color - overall*
bright white (atranorin white; vermicularis-white)
reddish white
brown
red
grey
yellowish red
whitish grey
green
black
reddish brown
brownish grey
brownish green
brownish red
James P. Bennett and Clifford M. Wetmore
Species Count: 4
Lichinaceae
Heppia lutosa
Physciaceae
Physcia aipolia
Psoraceae
Psora decipiens
Verrucariaceae
Placidium lachneum