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Taxon: Caloplaca arenaria (Pers.) Müll. Arg.
Family: Teloschistaceae

Collector: Jason Hollinger   MUOB 12952   

Date: 2008-10-15

Verbatim Date: 2008-10-15

Locality: United States, California, Los Angeles, San Gabriel Mountains, Mount Gleason

34.3831  -118.1755

Elevation: 1000-1982 meters (3280-6501ft)

Description: Original observation #12952 (Mushroom Observer)

Occurrence Remarks: Endolithic crust, on granite. APOTHECIA: scattered, dark orangish-red, tiny, (0.18)0.36+/-0.08(0.55) mm (N=28), lecanorine; disc some are orange pruinose, flat to weakly convex; rim prominant but thin, lighter; epihymenium dark red, POL+ bright orange, K+ wine red; hymenium clear; hypothecium clear; paraphyses final 1-2 cells expanded, often branched near tips SPORE: 8 per ascus, elliptical to oblong, clear, polarilocular, (11)13+/-1(16) x (2.2)3.5+/-0.9(5.0) m (Q=(2.7)4.0+/-0.8(5.3)) (N=14), septum (1.6)2.3+/-0.3(2.7) m (N=12)

Disposition: vouchered

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Record Id: 8c864ba9-81b6-41b3-9ad3-a1796042e87d

For additional information on this occurrence, please contact: Nathan Wilson (nathan@collectivesource.com)