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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| Figure 1-Close up of Calcareous Rimmed Lichen showing black apothecia |
| Figure 2- Showing the Calcareous Rimmed Lichen that could easily be overlooked |
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