WIS : Lichens
University of Wisconsin-Madison Herbarium, Lichens
Catalog #: WIS-L-0120814
Taxon: cf. Dermatocarpon rivulorum (Arnold) Dalla Torre & Sarnth.
Family: Verrucariaceae
Determiner: W. Obermayer (2001)
Collector: M. Zhurbenko   1188-a   
Date: 2001-07-31
Locality: United States, Alaska, Brooks Range, Brooks Range, Atigun Pass, Mile 247 Dalton Highway
68.1283333  -149.4666667
Elevation: 1463 meters
Verbatim Elevation: 1463 m
Habitat: pebble/stone field under a snow bank, in wet situation (between small streams); on pebble/small stones (abundant).
Occurrence Remarks: Lichenotheca Graecensis #195-; 1 shows the strongly reticulate lower surface of a huge thallus (15 cm in diam., GZU). Spores 23-25 x 7.5-9 pm, p.p. with distinct perispore, thallus 0.5-0.7 mm thick (partly intermixed with a thinner lobed Dermatocarpon with 0.3-0.4 mm thick thalli). The large spores and the almost black colour of the lower surface are diagnostic for D. rivulorum, whereas the very thick thallus is diagnostic for D. arnoldianum.
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Owner: University of Wisconsin - Madison (WIS)
Record Id: 97f75b4c-321d-4fa0-a532-4872c04be350
Occurrence ID (GUID): 4e17235f-322c-4157-9ce2-d0035f35ba34
For additional information on this occurrence, please contact: Kenneth M. Cameron (kmcameron@wisc.edu)
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