Leptochidium albociliatum - Common Macrolichens of the Pacific Northwest

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Leptochidium albociliatum

Overview
PNW Range:
West side	Common
East side	Common
Immediate coast	Occasional
Alpine or subalpine	Rare
Habitat:	Somewhat shady to open habitats, mostly in outcrop and talus areas, occasional in steppe, low to mid elevations.
Substrate:	Moss, soil, or moss over rock.
Comments:
Synonymy:	none

Leptochidium albociliatum - Apothecia

Apothecia
by B. McCune

1/3

Leptochidium albociliatum - Hairs

Hairs
by B. McCune

2/3

Leptochidium albociliatum - Lobes

Lobes
by B. McCune

3/3

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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:	Sometimes
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):	3 (± 1)

Upper Surface
Upper Surface Color (Dry)
Dark Gray:	Almost always
Black:	Almost always
Olive Black:	Commonly
Upper Surface Tomentose:	Almost always
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)
Dark Gray:	Almost always
Black:	Almost always
Olive Green:	Sometimes
Veined Below:	Never
Rhizinate Below:	Never
Tomentose Below:	Almost always
Cyphellae:	Never
Pseudocyphellae Below:	Never
Papillae Below:	Never

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

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

Sexual Reproduction
Perithecia:	Never
Apothecia:	Rarely
Mazaedium:	Never
Disk Color (Dry)
Disk Brown or Tan:	Almost always

Asexual Reproduction
Isidia:	Sometimes
Soredia:	Never
Lobules:	Sometimes