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Aspicilia californica

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Aspicilia californica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Pertusariales
Family: Megasporaceae
Genus: Aspicilia
Species:
A. californica
Binomial name
Aspicilia californica
Rosentr. (1998)

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

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  1. ^ a b c d Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-19500-2
  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]