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Observation: Herteliana alaskensis (Nyl.) S. Ekman (94419)
About Herteliana alaskensis (Nyl.) S. Ekman [MyCoPortal]
More Observations (3)
When: 2012-05-10
Collection location: Pass Island, Skagit Co., Washington, USA [Click for map]
Who: Richard Droker (wanderflechten)
Herbarium specimen reported

Notes: on Si rock, salt spray zone; with Xanthoria candelaria and a Caloplaca sp., probably C. rosei

(this one was rather more fun and less frustrating than many, as it is distinctive in several ways)

Species Lists:
Lichens of Washington State
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Proposed Name User Community Vote
  wanderflechten   83% (1)   Eye3Eyes3
Used references: Noble, W. J. (1982) The Lichen Flora of the Coastal Douglas-fir Dry Subzone of British Columbia. Ph.D. Thesis, University of British Columbia, Reprinted and nomenclaturally updated in 1996 by Bruce McCune with permission of the author.; Bruce McCune’s Miscellaneous Keys to Microlichens of the Pacific Northwest of North America; http://symbiota.org/nalichens/taxa/index.php?taxon=53187
Based on microscopic features: hymenium 60u high; spores 8/ascus, mostly 3- and 4-septate, average 24×7; paraphyses simple, ca. 2u diameter, ca. 3u diameter at apices; Pycnidia abundant; pycnospores ca. 15u long and very thin, variably curved
Based on chemical features: K -

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Created: 2012-05-11 01:51:54 EDT (-0400)
By: Jason Hollinger (jason)
Summary: Nicely done

I feel like I really have a chance of recognizing this after seeing your observation.
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Created: 2012-05-11 01:39:23 EDT (-0400)
Last modified: 2012-05-11 01:50:25 EDT (-0400)
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note pycnidia

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H2O below, KOH pol above (xtals insol in KOH)

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compare with http://mushroomobserver.org/image/show_image/220980?obs=95267&q=G28C