Melanelixia glabratula - Common Macrolichens of the Pacific Northwest

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Melanelixia glabratula

Overview
PNW Range:
West side	Abundant
East side	Common
Immediate coast	Abundant
Alpine or subalpine	Rare
Habitat:	Common as an epiphyte on hardwoods west Cascades in low to mid elevation forests and more open habitats; east Cascades more often on rock in shaded habitats in the mountains.
Substrate:	Bark (mainly hardwood trees and shrubs) and rock
Comments:
Synonymy:	Melanelia fuliginosa, Melanelixia fuliginosa

Melanelixia glabratula - Isidia

Isidia
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Melanelixia glabratula - Habit

Habit
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Melanelixia glabratula - Habit

Habit
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Scale: Bar=1mm unless noted

Growth Form
Fruticose:	Never
Foliose:	Almost always
Crustose:	Never
Appressed Foliose:	Almost always
Fluffy Foliose or Strappy:	Never
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 (± 0.8)

Upper Surface
Upper Surface Color (Dry)
Dark Green:	Rarely
Olive Brown:	Almost always
Olive Green:	Almost always
Brown:	Almost always
Tan:	Sometimes
Upper Surface Tomentose:	Never
Upper Surface Pruinose or Scabrid:	Never
Upper Surface with Network of Ridges:	Never
Upper Surface with Pseudocyphellae:	Rarely
Upper Surface with Holes into Cavity:	Never
Cilia on Margins:	Never

Lower Surface (Foliose)
Lower Surface Color (Dry)
Black:	Almost always
Brown:	Commonly
Tan:	Commonly
Veined Below:	Never
Rhizinate Below:	Almost always
Rhizines Squarrose:	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:	Never
Gelatinous:	Never

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

Chemistry
Medulla C+ Orange, Red, or Pink:	Almost always
Medulla KC+ Orange, Red, or Pink:	Almost always

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

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