Aspicilia californica

Aspicilia californica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Ascomycetes
Order:	Pertusariales
Family:	Megasporaceae
Genus:	Aspicilia
Species:	A. californica
Binomial name
	Aspicilia californica; Rosentreter

Aspicilia californica (shrubby sunken disk lichen) is a small white to white mottled gray or gray-green foliose lichen, with stringy, terete, branch-like lobes.^[1]^{: 223–224}^[2] It is endemic to central and southern California, that grows on organic debris, moss, and rock in chaparral habitats.^[1]^{: 223–224}^[2] It attaches to the substrate at several points along the branch-like lobes.^[2] It may form areoles when growing on more solid substrates.^[2] Apothecia are rare.^[1]^{: 223–224}^[2] Lichen spot tests on the cortex and medulla are K+ red, KC-, C-, + orange, and I-.^[1]^{: 223–224} The olive brown Aspicilia filiformis is another fruticose species in this mostly crustose genus, occurring in Oregon, Idaho, Utah, Washington and Montana, with one known location also in California.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-19500-2
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Aspicilia californica, Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region. Vol 3, Nash, T.H., Ryan, B.D., Gries, C., Bugartz, F., (eds.) 2001, [1]

[SSFGCL-1] Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-19500-2

[LFGSDR-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Aspicilia californica, Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region. Vol 3, Nash, T.H., Ryan, B.D., Gries, C., Bugartz, F., (eds.) 2001, [1]

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