AZ, Colorado Plateau, 20080609
San Francisco Peaks, lichens

 Loc 1 

Loc 1 

Hwy 89, just a few miles north of the summit by Sunset Crater, on west side of road just south of a forest road.  Pinyon-juniper forest, basalt. About 6500'. 35.4029N 111.5762W

Flavopunctelia_soredica i
Melanelia_subolivacea i
Phaeophyscia_hirsuta c
Phaeophyscia_nigricans i
Physcia_biziana c
Physcia_dimidiata c
Xanthomendoza_fallax c
Xanthoparmelia_amableana c
Xanthoparmelia_coloradoensis i
Xanthoparmelia_lineola i

Caloplaca microphyllina 

/arizonica (one on pinyon wood)

Flavopunctelia soredica (infreq on pinyon bark) [] [voucher] 

Melanelia subolivacea (infreq on pine bark) [] [voucher] 

Phaeophyscia hirsuta (common on juniper bark) [] [voucher] 

Phaeophyscia nigricans (infreq on juniper bark) [] [voucher] 

(pale tan w rhiz bel, marg lip soralia, K-, C-, dark above, no pruina or markings, paraplect lower cortex)

Physcia biziana (common on juniper bark) [] [voucher] 

Physcia dimidiata (common on juniper bark) [] [voucher] 

Xanthomendoza fallax (common on juniper bark) [] [voucher] 

Xanthoparmelia amableana (common on rock) [] [voucher] 

(small, appressed, med K+y-o, isidia globose, black below)

Xanthoparmelia coloradoensis (infreq on rock) [] 

Xanthoparmelia lineola (infreq on rock) [] 

Thallus and apothecia, at 30x. (good)Thallus and apothecia, at 30x. (good)Thallus and apothecia, at 30x. (good)Thallus and apothecia, at 30x. Thallus and apothecia, at 10x. Thallus and apothecia, at 30x. Paraphyses, in IKI, at 1000x. Ascus and spores, in IKI, at 1000x. Apothecial section, in water, at 100x. Ascus and spores, in water, at 1000x. Ascus and spores, in water, at 1000x. 

biatorine parasite [] [voucher] 

This thing was found on .  Several on shaded sheltered juniper bark. 
 THAL unknown
 ALG none
 APO black, biatorine, clustered to scattered, adnate, thick smooth raised rim even when young, minute (up to 0.5mm maybe), disk black, epruinose, epi clear, hymen brownish, exciple reddish brown thick solid throughout
paraphyses unbr, separate, 1.5-2.0um wide, not to sl expanded to tips
asci cylindrical, rounded unstaining tip, body stains sl I+r, wall I-, walls evenly ~1um thick throughout, around 80-100x9-10um
all K-, all I- or golden
 SPORE 8 per ascus, ellip, clear, gen 1-2 bubbles, around 6-8x8-10um, smooth, textured inside

Paraphyses, in K, at 1000x. Spores, in K, at 1000x. Spores, in K, at 1000x. Spores, in K, at 1000x. Apo section, in K, at 100x. Apo section, in water, at 400x, polarized. Apo section, in water, at 100x, polarized. Apo section, in water, at 400x. Apo section, in water, at 100x. Thallus and apothecia, at 30x. Thallus and apothecia, at 30x. Thallus and apothecia, at 30x. 

Caloplaca pinicola [] [voucher] 

 GEN crust lichen, on shaded/sheltered juniper bark, with (and being overgrown by) Phaeophyscia spp. 
 THAL med-dk gray, verruculose, K-, C-
 APO lecanorine
rim raised, thalline, thin cortex on top thickening below, K-+ C-
epi abundant golden POL+ granules, K+ purplish red, C-
hymen clear, hypo clear, abundant algae in rim and below
para occ br at tip, last 2-3 cells moderately inflated
 SPORE 8 per ascus, clear, 2 cell, polarilocular w distinct isthmus, (9.9)11+/-0.61(12)x(5.0)6.1+/-0.49(6.8)um (Q=(1.6)1.8+/-0.16(2.2)) (N=21), septum (2.5)3.4+/-0.65(4.8)um (n=20)

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