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| Figure 1- Candelaria Concolor found on living tree at Chagrin Reservation |
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| Figure 2- Close up of lemon-colored lichen |
Name: Candelaria Concolor (Dicks.) Stein- Lemon Lichen
Family: Candelariaceae
Collection Date: 09/13/2011
Habitat: Found on bark of a living tree right before entering the forest of the Chagrin Reservation.
Location: Chagrin Reservation, Chagrin, Ohio
Description: Very small size or an indeterminate crust, lobes very minute, margins partly entire to completely sorediate; color of cortex greenish-yellow. Common throughout U.S. and widespread throughout Ohio. On bark exclusively.
Collector: Vanessa Consolo
Keying Information:
Key used: Ray E. Showman and Don G. Flenniken 2004 The Macrolichens of Ohio Ohio Biological Survey Columbus, OH
Pages 18, 31
Keying Steps:
1. Foliose -2
2. Thallus Bright lemon-colored.. -3
3. Thallus Some shade of yellow.. Candelaria
Keying steps to Species:
1. Thallus sorediate.. -2
2. Thallus lobed, margins often finely divided.. Candelaria Concolor
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