Specimen #10 Hyperphyscia Lichen

Specimen #10

Name: Hyperphysica adglutinata

Family: Physciaceae 

Collection Date:  9/13/2011

Habitat: Location: West Woods, Geauga Ohio

Description:  Foliose thallus, orbicular to irregular, small, very tightly adnate, gray or dark brown, sparse soredia,isdia absent. 

Collector:  Vanessa Consolo

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Figure 1- Close up of Hyperphyscia Lichen

Links
http://www.irishlichens.ie/pages-lichen/l-146.html

http://symbiota.org/nalichens/taxa/index.php?taxon=55076

Specimen #9 Calcareous Rimmed Lichen

Name: Aspicilia calcarea-Calcareous Rimmed Lichen

Family: Megasporceae  

Collection Date:  09/13/2011

Habitat: Found incrusted in rock on trail

Location: South Chagrin Reservation, Chagrin Ohio

Description:  Very white thallus, which usually looks like bird droppings. Circular pattern, black apothecia present. Photobiont is a unicellular green algae Trebrouxiod. Asci contain 4-8 spores. Usually found on rocky surfaces. 

Collector:  Vanessa Consolo

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Links

http://www.lichens.lastdragon.org/Aspicilia_calcarea.html

http://www.lichens.ie/lichen-descriptions/crustose-placodiod-leprose/aspicilia-calcarea/

Figure 1-Close up of Calcareous Rimmed Lichen showing black apothecia

Figure 2- Showing the Calcareous Rimmed Lichen that could easily be overlooked

Specimen #8-Disc Lichen

Name: Buellia halonia- Disc Lichen

Family:  Physciaceae

Collection Date:  09/13/2011

Habitat: On Red Maple tree bark found on trail

Location: South Chagrin Reservation, Chagrin Ohio

Description:  Crustose, continuous to dispersed, rimose or areolate, sometimes subsquamulous. Frequently present, usually dark rarely unpigmented, often forming only a thin black outline delimiting the thallus border. Apothecial, usually plane, black. 

Collector:  Vanessa Consolo

Keying Information:

Links:

http://symbiota.org/nalichens/taxa/index.php?taxon=54956

http://www.sharnoffphotos.com/lichens/buellia_halonia.html

http://symbiota.org/nalichens/taxa/index.php?taxon=52084

Specimen #7 Light and Dark Lichen

Speciman #7

Name: Pseudevernia intensa-Light and Dark Lichen

Family:  Parmeliaceae

Collection Date:  10/26/10

Habitat: Hangs off of twig

Location: Graham Mt, Ash Creek AZ

Description:  Thallus grayish white, often apothecia present on thallus, which is flattened. 

Collector:  Matt Wilson

Keying Information:

Key used: Ray E. Showman and Don G. Flenniken 2004 The Macrolichens of Ohio Ohio Biological Survey Columbus, OH

Pages 18, 24, 25, 236

Keying Steps: 

1. Thallus fruticose or cladoniform..61

61. Thallus bush-like..62

62. Thallus green..63

63. Thallus elongate..tufted..64

64. Thallus with upper and lower surfaces..68

68. Thallus cylindrical..70

70. Interior with a solid, threadlike core..71

71. Interior with a hard, threadlike core..Usnea

Links 

http://symbiota.org/nalichens/taxa/index.php?taxon=54588

http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=190738

http://lichens.digitalmycology.com/macrolichens/Pseudevernia.html

Figure 1-Close up of Liht and Dark Lichen

Figure 2-Showing the thallus of Light and Dark Lichen

Figure 3- Showing the apothecia of the Light and Dark Lichen

Figure 4- Showing a different angle of the Light and Dark Lichen that reveals the brownish apothecia

Specimen #6 Cavern Beard

Name: Usnea Cavernosa-Cavern Beard

Family:  Parmeliaceae

Collection Date:  10/04/10

Habitat: Hangs off of twig

Location: West Fork, Little Colorado River near Sheep’s Crossing

Description: Long established genus, characterized by a pale greenish to yellowish, pendulous to tufted, fruticose thallus, variously branched but usually with short fibrils perpendicular to the main trunk, sorediate or isidiate. 

Collector:  Matt Wilson

Keying Information:

Key used: Ray E. Showman and Don G. Flenniken 2004 The Macrolichens of Ohio Ohio Biological Survey Columbus, OH

Pages 18, 24, 25, 236

Keying Steps: 

1. Thallus fruticose or cladoniform..61

61. Thallus bush-like..62

62. Thallus green..63

63. Thallus elongate..tufted..64

64. Thallus with upper and lower surfaces..68

68. Thallus cylindrical..70

70. Interior with a solid, threadlike core..71

71. Interior with a hard, threadlike core..Usnea

Links

http://symbiota.org/nalichens//taxa/index.php?taxon=54640&cl=Lichens%20of%20Wisconsin

http://www.sharnoffphotos.com/lichensH/usnea_cavernosa.html

http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=USCA60

Figure 1-Cavern Beard showing the hairy body

Figure 2- Close up of Cavern Beard 

Fluffy Dust Lichen

Speciman #5

Name: Lepraria Lobificans- Fluffy Dust Lichen

Family:  Teloschistaceae 

Collection Date:  09/13/2011

Habitat: Found on overhanging rock bank by shoreline along Chagrin River on Squaw Rock Trail

Location: South Chagrin Reservation, Chagrin Ohio

Description: Thallus a diffuse, thick powdery crust. Pale to greenish with a white medulla. Granules commonly projecting cottony hyphae. On rocks, walls and tree-trunks. 

Collector:  Vanessa Consolo  

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Links:

http://www.sharnoffphotos.com/lichensD /lepraria_lobificans.html

http://www.irishlichens.ie/pages-lichen/l-147.html

http://symbiota.org/nalichens/taxa/index.php?taxon=52315

http://www.lichens.lastdragon.org/Lepraria_lobificans.html

Figure 1-Fluffy Dust Lichen on rock with spider eggs with the lichen

Figure 3-Close up of Fluffy Dust Lichen off of substrate

Figure 2-Fluffy Dust Lichen showing a powdery surface

Figure 4- Fluffy Dust Lichen on rock wall

Specimen #4 Witches' Whiskers Lichen

Figure 1- Witches' Whiskers Lichen in comparison to pencil

Figure 2-Usnea Florida close up to show apothecia

Figure 3-Close up of Witches' Whiskers Lichen with foliose thallus visible 

Figure 4- Sample of Usnea Florida 

Name: Usnea florida- Witches' Whiskers Lichen

Family:  Parmeliaceae

Collection Date:  10/04/10

Habitat: Hangs off of twig

Location: West Fork, Little Colorado River near Sheep’s Crossing

Description: Long established genus, characterized by a pale greenish to yellowish, pendulous to tufted, fruticose thallus, variously branched but usually with short fibrils perpendicular to the main trunk. Has a cord running through main stem.

Collector:  Matt Wilson

Keying Information:

Key used: Ray E. Showman and Don G. Flenniken 2004 The Macrolichens of Ohio Ohio Biological Survey Columbus, OH

Pages 18, 24, 25, 236

Keying Steps: 

1. Thallus fruticose or cladoniform..61

61. Thallus bush-like..62

62. Thallus green..63

63. Thallus elongate..tufted..64

64. Thallus with upper and lower surfaces..68

68. Thallus cylindrical..70

70. Interior with a solid, threadlike core..71

71. Interior with a hard, threadlike core..Usnea

Links

http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/ourwork/conservation/biodiversity/iyb/nameaspeciescompetition/Usneaflorida.aspx