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General
substrate
soil
wood
rock (unspecified)
calciferous rock
bryophytes
non-calciferous rock
bark
Thallus Growth Morphology
crustose growth forms
continuous
granular
rimose
areolate (flattened areoles)
Ascomata
ascomata*
absent
present
Secondary Metabolites [general]
secondary metabolite presence
absent
present
Upper Thallus Surface
upper surface color - overall*
bright white (atranorin white; vermicularis-white)
grayish white
brownish white
greyish green
greenish grey
greenish yellow
grey
blackish brown
reddish brown
whitish brown
yellow
brownish green
bluish grey
bluish green
whitish grey
whitish green
greenish brown
lime yellow (bright greenish yellow; geographicum-green)
brown
green
Thallus Margin & Appendages
cilia - presence/absence*
present
absent
James P. Bennett and Clifford M. Wetmore
Species Count: 10
Cladoniaceae
Cladonia fimbriata
Cladonia furcata
Cladonia macilenta
Parmeliaceae
Flavoparmelia caperata
Usnea californica
Usnea intermedia
Pertusariaceae
Lepra amara
Physciaceae
Leucodermia leucomelos
Ramalinaceae
Ramalina menziesii
Sphaerophoraceae
Sphaerophorus globosus