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General
substrate
wood
non-calciferous rock
bryophytes
soil
calciferous rock
bark
rock (unspecified)
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
brown
bluish grey
bluish green
greenish yellow
green
greenish brown
whitish green
grey
reddish brown
yellow
greenish grey
brownish green
greyish green
blackish brown
whitish brown
whitish grey
lime yellow (bright greenish yellow; geographicum-green)
Thallus Margin & Appendages
cilia - presence/absence*
absent
present
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