Alectoria sarmentosa - Common Macrolichens of the Pacific Northwest

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Alectoria sarmentosa

Overview
PNW Range:
West side	Abundant
East side	Abundant
Immediate coast	Occasional
Alpine or subalpine	Common
Habitat:	Common in low to mid elevation conifer forests, associated with older forests; toward the eastern edge of its range increasingly restricted to moist, old-growth forest.
Substrate:	On bark or wood, rarely on rock or mosses over rock.
Comments:	A. vancouverensis is essentially identical in form but has a C+ red medulla.
Synonymy:	none

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Scale: Bar=1mm unless noted

Upper Surface
Upper Surface Color (Dry)
Pale Yellow Green:	Almost always
Pale Green:	Almost always
Upper Surface Tomentose:	Never
Upper Surface Pruinose or Scabrid:	Never
Upper Surface with Network of Ridges:	Never
Upper Surface with Pseudocyphellae:	Almost always
Upper Surface with Holes into Cavity:	Never
Cilia on Margins:	Never

Interior
Inside (Medulla) Yellow or Orange:	Never
Central Cord:	Never
Hollow Stalks or Hollow Lobes:	Never
Gelatinous:	Never

Photobiont
Green Algae Primary Photobiont:	Almost always
Cyanobacteria Primary Photobiont:	Never
Internal Cephalodia:	Never
External Cephalodia:	Never