cinder lichen

Aspicilia cinerea

Summary 2

Aspicilia cinera (cinder lichen) is a gray to almost white, 1.5 – 15 cm wide, crustose areolate lichen with large apothecia that mostly grows on rock in the mountains.:224 It grows in variable forms, from having a continuous surface to being areolate.:224 It grows in Eurasia, and North America on siliceous rock, schist or igneous rock in habitats exposed to sunlight, also rarely on calciferous rock. It is common in Arizona, and rare in California and Baja...

References and/or Collections 3

Baltzo, "Lichens of Mt. Diablo State Park", 1989.
-Collection On rocks, 200 feet below North Gate.
-Collection On rock, Maple Nook.
-Collection On conglomerate, or old concrete Shell Ridge, approach to Mount Diablo, Walnut Creek
-Collection Rock, Summit area.
-Collection On moist, diffusely lit rock outcrop in open Quercus douglasii and Pinus coulteri forest with Adenostoma chaparral, along Eagle Peak trail near Mitchell Rock.
-Collection On rock in partial shade in Quercus woodland with patches of chaparral, along Back Creek Trail near Clayton.
-Collection In seasonally wet area on rocks at side of trail in Quercus woodland with patches of chaparral, along Back Creek Trail near Clayton.
-Collection A. W. C. T. Herre, 1930.
-Collection A. W. C. T. Herre, 1930.

Fontes e Créditos

  1. (c) Ed Uebel, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aspicilia_cinerea-1.jpg
  2. Adaptado por Cat Chang de uma obra de (c) Wikipedia, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA), https://hub.toolforge.org/P3151:182439?lang=
  3. (c) Cat Chang, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA)

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