The Hypogymnia Species of North America

Hypogymnia gracilis

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Overview

Synopsis: Slender, erect, arcuate lobes, the lobe tips and axils perforate, lobe cavity grayish to white; medulla P+ orange red, KC+ orange red.
Distribution: Endemic to California. Coastal chaparall in California, rarely inland to southern Sierra Nevada
Habitat: chaparral and open woodlands
Range: Central and Southern California
Other Diagnostics: Imshaugii-like but perforate, always P+, and always suberect to erect, separate lobes; also differs in absence of diffractaic and presence of C7 unknown; chemically like H. heterophylla but cavities mostly white, lobes somewhat narrower and smaller thallus than typical heterophylla
Substrate Notes: On chaparral shrubs and conifers, both bark and wood
Abundance in North America: Locally common
Substrate: Typically
Host: Shrubs, conifers, hardwoods
On Rock: Never
On Moss/Detritus/Sod: Never
Authority: McCune
References: McCune (2002), McCune et al. (2011)
Synonymy: None
Hypogymnia gracilis - Habit
Habit

Vegetative Structures

Habit Appressed: Sometimes
Habit Pendulous: Sometimes
Habit Erect to Suberect: Commonly
Size (cm): Mean: 4 SD: 2
Upper Color- White to Greenish Gray: White to greenish gray
Upper Surface Brown when Solarized: Blackish or unknown
Dark Mottles: Often present
Black Border: Sometimes present
Lobes Separated: Separate
Lobe Outline: Even
Upper Surface Texture: Smooth to weakly rugose
Branching: Variable
Budding: Occasional
Lobe Width (mm): Mean: 1 SD: 0.25
Lobe Tips, Axils, and/or Lower Surface Perforated: Almost always
Lobe Tips Perforated: Perforate
Lower Surface Perforated: Sparsely perforate
Cavernulae: Never
Thallus Texture: Cartilaginous
Medulla: Almost always
Ceiling Color: White
Floor Color: Brownish to white
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Reproductive Structures

Soredia: None
Schizidia: Rarely
Isidia: None
Lobules: None
Apothecia: Common
Spore Length (µm): Mean: 7.25 SD: 0.125 Max: 7.5 Min: 7
Spore Width (µm): Mean: 5 SD: 0.25 Max: 5.5 Min: 4.5
Pycnidia: Common
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Hymenium
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Chemistry