Sample #13: Leparaia lobificans "Fluffy Dust Lichen"
Figure 1: detail of original sample's gray-green color; dust-like soredia visible
Figure 2: aged Leparaia lobificans; algae has mostly shut down revealing white fungal color
Phylum: Ascomycota
Family: Stereocaulaceae
Collection Date: 22 September, 2016
Collector: Kristen Maslach
Habitat: on rocks and trees; very shade tolerent
Location: on a chip of fallen bark, Squaw Rock, Ohio
Description: thick “fluffy” thallus covered with soredia;
gray-green in color, but can have overtones of yellow; is either an indistinct
mass or lobed with rounding edges
Key Used: Anonymous Multiauthor (2015). Common Lichens of Ohio Field Guide. Ohio Division of Wildlife, part of the Ohio
Department of Natural Resources.
Steps to Key:
Recognized
the morphology in the guide
DNA analysis: Very dissimilar BLAST match for the algae Micromonas; possible but unlikely fact
as Micromonas is a marine photosynthetic microplankton
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