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Hypogymnia tubulosa

Overview
PNW Range:
  West sideCommon
  East sideCommon
  Immediate coastCommon
  Alpine or subalpineUncommon
Habitat: Mostly in open or semi-open habitats at low to mid elevations, including riparian areas, farm trees, urban areas, savannas, and wooded wetlands; sporadic in closed forest.
Substrate: Bark and wood, rarely rock.
Comments:
Synonymy: none
Hypogymnia tubulosa - Habit
Habit
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Hypogymnia tubulosa - Soredia
Soredia
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Hypogymnia tubulosa - Apothecia
Apothecia
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Hypogymnia tubulosa - Habit
Habit
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Hypogymnia tubulosa - Soredia
Soredia
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Hypogymnia tubulosa - Lobe cavity
Lobe cavity
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Hypogymnia tubulosa - Lobes
Lobes
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Hypogymnia tubulosa - Soredia
Soredia
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Hypogymnia tubulosa - Habit
Habit
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Hypogymnia tubulosa - Lobe cavity
Lobe cavity
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Hypogymnia tubulosa - Soredia developmental sequence
Soredia developmental sequence
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Hypogymnia tubulosa - Habit
Habit
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Hypogymnia tubulosa - Habit
Habit
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Hypogymnia tubulosa - Habit
Habit
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Hypogymnia tubulosa - Lower surface
Lower surface
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Hypogymnia tubulosa - Habit
Habit
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Scale: Bar=1mm unless noted
Growth Form
Fruticose: Never
Foliose: Almost always
Crustose: Never
Appressed Foliose: Sometimes
Fluffy Foliose or Strappy: Commonly
Dangling Hair: Never
Erect Hair: Never
Appressed Hair: Never
Stalks With Squamules: Never
Stalks: Never
Squamules: Never
Single Holdfast: Never
Dangling Nets: Never
Lobe Width (mm): 2 (± 0.5)

Upper Surface
Upper Surface Color    (Dry) 
   Pale Gray Green: Almost always
   Pale Green: Rarely
   Whitish: Sometimes
   Pale Gray: Almost always
   Dark Gray: Sometimes
Upper Surface Tomentose: Never
Upper Surface Pruinose or Scabrid: Never
Upper Surface with Network of Ridges: Never
Upper Surface with Pseudocyphellae: Never
   Upper Surface with Holes into Cavity: Never
Cilia on Margins: Never
Lower Surface (Foliose)
Lower Surface Color    (Dry) 
   Black: Almost always
   Brown: Sometimes
Veined Below: Never
Rhizinate Below: Never
Tomentose Below: Never
Cyphellae: Never
Pseudocyphellae Below: Never
Papillae Below: Never

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

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

Chemistry
Cortex K+ Yellow: Almost always
Medulla KC+ Orange, Red, or Pink: Almost always
Medulla UV+ Blue White: Sometimes
Sexual Reproduction
Perithecia: Never
Apothecia: Rarely
   Mazaedium: Never
Disk Color    (Dry) 
   Disk Brown or Tan: Almost always

Asexual Reproduction
Isidia: Never
Soredia: Almost always
Lobules: Never