Pseudocyphellaria hawaiiensis #

Taxon #

Pseudocyphellaria hawaiiensis

Organization #

Specklebelly Lichens, Peltigerales

Identification #

Pseudocyphellaria hawaiiensis is similar in appearance to P. citrina but can be separated by where the soralia dominate and by the medulla color. In P. hawaiiensis the soralia are more abundant along the lobe margins, sparse laminally, while P. citrina is the opposite, with soralia more abundant laminally with relatively fewer along the margins. P. hawaiiensis has a medulla which is patchily yellowed while the medulla of P. citrina is white (Miadlikowska et al. 2022, Lücking et al. 2017).

Substrate #

ramicolous, corticolous

Chemical Tests #

cortex: UV+ “pale bluish”; medulla and soralia: K+ yellow, C+ fleeting orange, KC+ fletting orange, Pd+ orange, UV- or UV “dark reddish” (Miadlikowska et al. 2002)

Lücking, Robert & Moncada, Bibiana & McCune, Bruce & Farkas, Edit & Goffinet, Bernard & Parker, Dinah & Chaves, José & Lokos, Laszlo & Nelson, Peter & Spribille, Toby & Stenroos, Soili & Wheeler, Tim & Yánez-Ayabaca, Alba & Dillman, Karen & Gockman, Otto & Goward, Trevor & Hollinger, Jason & Tripp, Erin & Villella, John & Yakovchenko, Lidia. (2017). Pseudocyphellaria crocata (Ascomycota #

Lobariaceae) in the Americas is revealed to be thirteen species, and none of them is P. crocata. The Bryologist. 120. 441-500. 10.1639/0007-2745-120.4.14.

Jolanta Miadlikowska, Bruce McCune, François Lutzoni “Pseudocyphellaria perpetua, a New Lichen from Western North America,” The Bryologist, 105(1), 1-10, (1 March 2002).