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Montanelia disjuncta

Overview
PNW Range:
  West sideUncommon
  East sideOccasional
  Immediate coastNone
  Alpine or subalpineUncommon
Habitat: Open to partially shaded rocky areas, mainly in rather dry, suboceanic to continental climates.
Substrate: On rock, rarely on bark or wood.
Comments:
Synonymy: Melanelia disjuncta
Montanelia disjuncta - Soralia
Soralia
by B. McCune
1/3
Montanelia disjuncta - Habit
Habit
by R. Droker
2/3
Montanelia disjuncta - Habit
Habit
by B. McCune
3/3
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): 1.2 (± 0.3)

Upper Surface
Upper Surface Color    (Dry) 
   Olive Brown: Sometimes
   Brown: 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
Lower Surface (Foliose)
Lower Surface Color    (Dry) 
   Black: Almost always
   Brown: 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 UV+ Blue White: Almost always
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