Bunodophoron melanocarpum #

Taxon #

Bunodophoron melanocarpum

Organization #

Coral Lichens

Identification #

The coral lichen with the most robust apothecia. Similarly branched as the Sphaerophorus genus but with branches subtly flattened. A striking species when abundantly fertile with eye-like spore masses at the ends of the coral-like branches.

Substrate #

Trees or rocks, all Alaskan records from bark (Spribille et al. 2023)

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Notes #

Known from as far north as the Girdwood area (Thomson & Ahti 1994 in Spribill et al. 2023)

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