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substrate
non-calciferous rock
bark
calciferous rock
soil
rock (unspecified)
bryophytes
Ascomata
ascomata*
present
absent
ascomata kind*
apothecioid
perithecioid
hymenium paraphyses(-oids)*
present
absent
Asci
ascus wall thickening
not thickened
thickened
ascus dehiscence type
prototunicate
unitunicate
bitunicate
lecanoralean
verrucarioid
Ascospores
ascospores shape*
subglobose
oblong-obtuse
globose
fusiform (spindle-shaped)
narrowly ellipsoid
broadly ellipsoid
fusiform-elongate (fusiform-ellipsoid)
ellipsoid
ascospores septation
present
absent
ascospores wall pigmentation*
medium brownish
hyaline
Secondary Metabolites [general]
secondary metabolite presence
present
absent
Photobionts
primary photobiont kind
cyanobacterioid
chlorococcoid
Upper Thallus Surface
upper surface color - overall*
bright white (atranorin white; vermicularis-white)
bluish grey
orange
brown
brownish green
reddish brown
whitish yellow
greyish brown
reddish yellow
yellowish red
grey
black
red
greenish yellow
green
brownish grey
yellow
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