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Bryoria pseudofuscescens

Overview
PNW Range:
  West sideCommon
  East sideCommon
  Immediate coastOccasional
  Alpine or subalpineCommon
Habitat: Moist valleys to mountains; east Cascades mostly in Abies grandis - Thuja habitats to subalpine (Abies lasiocarpa) forests; in a broader range of habitats west Cascades.
Substrate: Conifers, rarely on hardwoods.
Comments:
Synonymy: none
Bryoria pseudofuscescens - Field appearance
Field appearance
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Bryoria pseudofuscescens - Habit
Habit
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Field appearance
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Bryoria pseudofuscescens - Acetone extract
Acetone extract
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Bryoria pseudofuscescens - Pseudocyphellae
Pseudocyphellae
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Bryoria pseudofuscescens - Habit
Habit
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Scale: Bar=1mm unless noted
Growth Form
Fruticose: Almost always
Foliose: Never
Crustose: Never
Appressed Foliose: Never
Fluffy Foliose or Strappy: Never
Dangling Hair: Almost always
Erect Hair: Never
Appressed Hair: Never
Stalks With Squamules: Never
Stalks: Never
Squamules: Never
Single Holdfast: Never
Dangling Nets: Never

Upper Surface
Upper Surface Color    (Dry) 
   Olive Black: Sometimes
   Olive Brown: Sometimes
   Olive Green: Sometimes
   Brown: Almost always
   Tan: Rarely
Upper Surface Tomentose: Never
Upper Surface Pruinose or Scabrid: Never
Upper Surface with Network of Ridges: Never
Upper Surface with Pseudocyphellae: Sometimes
   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

Chemistry
Medulla P+ Orange or Red: Sometimes
Medulla P+ Yellow: Sometimes
Medulla K+ Orange or Red: Sometimes
Medulla K+ Yellow: Sometimes
Sexual Reproduction
Perithecia: Never
Apothecia: Rarely
   Mazaedium: Never
Disk Color    (Dry) 
   Disk Brown or Tan: Almost always

Asexual Reproduction
Isidia: Never
Soredia: Never
Lobules: Never