Locality:
United States, California, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz Island. Fraser Point, west end of the island; on rim of shallow barranca of coastal bluffs
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Habitat:
a few hundred yards from the sea; common on fixed outcrop of the barranca sides
Occurrence Remarks:
Reported by Fink (1935) without citation, from "California". Probably the plant reported by Hasse (1915) as Dermatocarpon pon lecideoides (Massachusetts) Hasse. This material not compared with authentic specimens but spore size conforming; superficially similar to D. plumbeum (B. de Lesd.) Zahlbr. The group needs revision.; Common, This material not compared with authentic specimens but spore size coforming; superficially similar to D. plumbeum