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substrate
bark
non-calciferous rock
bryophytes
soil
calciferous rock
rock (unspecified)
Ascomata
ascomata*
present
absent
ascomata kind*
perithecioid
apothecioid
hymenium paraphyses(-oids)*
absent
present
Asci
ascus wall thickening
not thickened
thickened
ascus dehiscence type
prototunicate
unitunicate
bitunicate
lecanoralean
verrucarioid
Ascospores
ascospores shape*
subglobose
ellipsoid
oblong-obtuse
fusiform-elongate (fusiform-ellipsoid)
globose
broadly ellipsoid
fusiform (spindle-shaped)
narrowly ellipsoid
ascospores septation
absent
present
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)
yellow
green
reddish brown
greyish brown
bluish grey
yellowish red
whitish yellow
brown
brownish green
red
brownish grey
reddish yellow
greenish yellow
grey
black
orange
upper surface pruina - presence/absence*
present
absent
James P. Bennett and Clifford M. Wetmore
Species Count: 10
Acarosporaceae
Acarospora schleicheri
Acarospora strigata
Candelariaceae
Candelariella rosulans
Lichinaceae
Heppia lutosa
Peccania texana
Physciaceae
Phaeophyscia kairamoi
Psoraceae
Psora tuckermanii
Teloschistaceae
Calogaya decipiens
Xanthomendoza trachyphylla
Verrucariaceae
Placidium lachneum