WIS : Lichens
University of Wisconsin-Madison Herbarium, Lichens
Catalog #:
WIS-L-0110739
Taxon:
Aspicilia californica Rosentreter
Family: Megasporaceae
Family: Megasporaceae
Determiner: B. Owe-Larsson & A. Nordin (not given)
ID Remarks:
ID based on specimen in UPS
Collector:
W.A. Weber; Rolf Santesson s.n.
Date: 1966-03-28
Verbatim Date: 1966-3-28
Locality:
United States, California, Amador, Hilltop S of Ione, 0.5 miles S of State road No. 88, on side road 1 mile E of junction with Hwy. 124
38.31779 -120.918899 +-882m. WGS84
Georeference Remarks:
manually placed at offset;
Habitat:
On red or yellow kaolin lateritic soils; on red or yellow kaolin lateritic soils
Associated Species:
Arctostaphylos myrtifolia and Eriogonum apricum (see Gankin & Major, Ecology 45: 792-808. 1964, for detailed ecological discussion of the site). An extraordinary modification, presumably of the common crus-tose Aspicilia, aft. A. cinerea), reacting KOH+ blood-red (norstictic acid), prostrate and fruticose on soil but reverting to a crustose form whenever the thallus. comes in contact with small scattered pebbles.
Usage Rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Record Id: 26ea0517-eac2-4848-9830-5945bf29e4c8
Occurrence ID (GUID):
871597ba-5469-497d-9019-95713e40606b
For additional information on this occurrence, please contact:
Kenneth M. Cameron (kmcameron@wisc.edu)
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