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Nephroma resupinatum

Overview
PNW Range:
  West sideCommon
  East sideOccasional
  Immediate coastCommon
  Alpine or subalpineNone
Habitat: Shady to somewhat open, moist riparian forests, occasionally in upland forests west Cascades.
Substrate: Bark and rock.
Comments:
Synonymy: none
Nephroma resupinatum - Lower
Lower
by B. McCune
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Nephroma resupinatum - Upper
Upper
by B. McCune
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Nephroma resupinatum - Papillae
Papillae
by B. McCune
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Nephroma resupinatum - Habit
Habit
by B. McCune
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Nephroma resupinatum - Habit
Habit
by B. McCune
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Nephroma resupinatum - Habit
Habit
by J. Hollinger
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Nephroma resupinatum - Habit
Habit
by B. McCune
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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): 7 (± 2)

Upper Surface
Upper Surface Color    (Dry) 
   Pale Gray: Almost always
   Brown: Almost always
   Tan: Sometimes
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) 
   Pale Gray: Rarely
   Brown: Almost always
   Tan: Almost always
Veined Below: Never
Rhizinate Below: Rarely
   Rhizines Squarrose: Never
Tomentose Below: Almost always
Cyphellae: Never
Pseudocyphellae Below: Never
Papillae Below: Commonly

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

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: Never
Soredia: Never
Lobules: Sometimes