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General
substrate
soil
non-calciferous rock
bryophytes
calciferous rock
bark
rock (unspecified)
Ascomata
ascomata kind*
apothecioid
perithecioid
interascal hyphae (hamathecium)*
absent
present
Asci
ascus wall thickening
thickened
not thickened
ascus dehiscence type
prototunicate
lecanoralean
verrucarioid
Ascospores
ascospores shape*
fusiform-elongate (fusiform-ellipsoid)
fusiform (spindle-shaped)
ascospores septation
absent
present
ascospores wall pigmentation*
hyaline
medium brownish
Secondary Metabolites [general]
secondary metabolite presence
absent
present
Photobionts
primary photobiont kind
chlorococcoid
cyanobacterioid
Upper Thallus Surface
upper surface color - overall*
bright white (atranorin white; vermicularis-white)
reddish white
brownish red
whitish grey
black
yellowish red
grey
red
brownish green
green
brown
reddish brown
brownish grey
White Sands National Monument
James P. Bennett and Clifford M. Wetmore
Species Count: 4
Lichinaceae
Physciaceae
Psoraceae
Verrucariaceae