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Scytinium californicum
| Overview
| | PNW Range: | | | West side | Common
| | East side | Common
| | Immediate coast | Common
| | Alpine or subalpine | Occasional
| | Habitat: | Most commonly seen in outcrop and talus areas at low to mid elevations, where it is often intermixed in moss cushions over rock; in both open and sheltered sites.
| | Substrate: | Moss or soil over rock, occasionally on tree trunks in moist climates at low elevations (especially west Cascades).
| | Comments: | Includes most records of Scytinium lichenoides and Scytinium gelatinosum from the PNW.
| | Synonymy: | Leptogium californicum
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Thallus section
by B. McCune
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Scale: Bar=1mm unless noted
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