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General
substrate
bark
bryophytes
non-calciferous rock
rock (unspecified)
wood
lifestyle
bryophilous
lichenized
Thallus Growth Morphology
thallus primary subunits arrangement*
evenly dispersed
distinctly separate (scattered)
contiguous (closely adjoining)
Ascomata
ascomata*
absent
present
ascomata emergence*
sessile
stipitate
ascomata disc curvature*
plane
concave
ascomata disc color*
yellowish brown
reddish brown
yellow
yellowish green
white
greenish yellow
brown
Asci
tholus amyloidity pattern*
amyloid and with narrow, axial body convergent towards apex (Bacidia-type)
amyloid and with wide, axial body divergent towards apex (Lecanora-type)
with amyloid cap
Ascospores
ascospores shape*
curved
narrowly ellipsoid
broadly ellipsoid
ellipsoid
fusiform-elongate (fusiform-ellipsoid)
acicular
ascospores septation
present
absent
ascospores wall pigmentation*
pale brownish
hyaline
Secondary Metabolites [general]
secondary metabolite presence
absent
present
Photobionts
primary photobiont kind
cyanobacterioid
chlorococcoid
Upper Thallus Surface
upper surface color - overall*
greenish yellow
greyish yellow
lime yellow (bright greenish yellow; geographicum-green)
green
greenish brown
black
yellowish grey
brown
grey
greyish blue
greyish green
bluish green
yellow
Golden Gate National Recreation Area
James P. Bennett and Clifford M. Wetmore
Species Count: 6
Caliciaceae
Buellia oidalea
Lecanoraceae
Cladidium bolanderi
Peltigeraceae
Lobarina scrobiculata
Sticta limbata
Ramalinaceae
Vermilacinia cephalota
Vermilacinia ceruchis