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Niebla cephalota

Overview
PNW Range:
  West sideNone
  East sideNone
  Immediate coastRare
  Alpine or subalpineNone
Habitat: Exposed coastal sites, within sight or sound of the ocean.
Substrate: Trees, shrubs, and rock.
Comments:
Synonymy: none
Niebla cephalota - Branches
Branches
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Niebla cephalota - Habit
Habit
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Niebla cephalota - Habit
Habit
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Niebla cephalota - branches
branches
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Niebla cephalota - Branches after prolonged storage
Branches after prolonged storage
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Scale: Bar=1mm unless noted
Growth Form
Fruticose: Almost always
Foliose: Never
Crustose: Never
Appressed Foliose: Never
Fluffy Foliose or Strappy: Never
Dangling Hair: Never
Erect Hair: Never
Appressed Hair: Never
Stalks With Squamules: Never
Stalks: Sometimes
Squamules: Never
Single Holdfast: Never
Dangling Nets: Never

Upper Surface
Upper Surface Color    (Dry) 
   Pale Gray Green: Almost always
   Pale Green: Almost always
   Pale Gray: Almost always
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

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 P+ Orange or Red: Sometimes
Medulla P+ Yellow: Sometimes
Medulla K+ Orange or Red: Sometimes
Medulla K+ Yellow: 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