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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