BC, Wells Gray, 20080313
WGWI west swamp, lichens.
Letharia vulpina []
| | GEN | | calicioid, on topside of well-weathered dry log, raised and not rotting, probably conifer |
| | APO | | shiny black all over, thin tall stalk, hemi-glob cap, thick powdery black spore mass w some white dust among the spores, stalk dk brown with hyal skin in water squash, all parts profoundly I-except asci turning lt rusty brownish, asci up to 53+/-4x5.2+/-0.5um and tubular |
| | SPORE | | not very textured at most coarse low warts, becoming constricted late in maturity, in single row in ascus, (8.9)11.2+/-1.4(15.0)x(4.3)5.9+/-0.9(7.8)um Q=(1.5)1.9+/-0.3(2.5) (n=21) but these are clearly not all mature |
Source: Nordic Lichen Flora Vol. 1, 1999. Curtis concurs.
C. glaucellum has slightly smaller spores than
C. abietinum but also has shorter asci and the spores have ridges, which I did not see. Spores:
C. a. 13-15x5-7um,
C. g. 9-13x5-7um. Asci:
C. a. 49-60x4-5um,
C. g. 35-41x3.5-4.5um.
Bryoria fuscescens []
| | THAL | | brown, smooth, short cortical tears sparse, one soralium, K-, KC- |
Bryoria capillaris-group []
| | THAL | | olivaceous, smooth, short cortical tears sparse, no soredia, K+y, KC+p |
| | THAL | | pendent, long, v d pap, black at v base, cracks near base, isidia abundant but scattered throughout |
| | THAL | | bushy/subpendent, short, black at base, smooth main stem but some sparse pap elsewhere, sl inflated, soralia large and encircling brs |
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