Physciella chloantha #

Taxon #

Physciella chloantha

Organization #

Physciaceae

Identification #

Thalli of short overlapping lobes. Greenish gray when desiccated, light green in shade and when hydrated. Producing soredia from labriform soralia. Fertile specimens uncommon. Most likely to be confused with Phaeophyscia orbicularis. That species has longer lobes which form more even rosettes and is often abundantly apotheciate.

Substrate #

Corticolous, lignicolous, saxicolous

Chemical Tests #

cortex and medulla: K-, C-, KC-, Pd-, UV- (ITALIC)

Notes #

P. chloantha is a very pollution tolerant species and can be found in abundance throughout Anchorage.

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