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Teloschistes flavicans

Overview
PNW Range:
  West sideNone
  East sideNone
  Immediate coastRare
  Alpine or subalpineNone
Habitat: Coastal headland forests (usually Picea sitchensis), rare.
Substrate: On bark and wood.
Comments:
Synonymy: none
Teloschistes flavicans - Habit
Habit
by B. McCune
1/2
Teloschistes flavicans - Habit
Habit
by B. McCune
2/2
Scale: Bar=1mm unless noted
Growth Form
Fruticose: Almost always
Foliose: Never
Crustose: Never
Appressed Foliose: Never
Fluffy Foliose or Strappy: Never
Dangling Hair: Sometimes
Erect Hair: Commonly
Appressed Hair: Never
Stalks With Squamules: Never
Stalks: Never
Squamules: Never
Single Holdfast: Commonly
Dangling Nets: Never

Upper Surface
Upper Surface Color    (Dry) 
   Orange: Almost always
   Yellow: Almost always
Upper Surface Tomentose: Never
Upper Surface Pruinose or Scabrid: Never
Upper Surface with Network of Ridges: Rarely
Upper Surface with Pseudocyphellae: Never
   Upper Surface with Holes into Cavity: Never
Cilia on Margins: Commonly

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
Cortex K+ Purple or Red: Almost always
Sexual Reproduction
Perithecia: Never
Apothecia: Rarely
   Mazaedium: Never
Disk Color    (Dry) 
   Disk Orange: Almost always

Asexual Reproduction
Isidia: Never
Soredia: Sometimes
Lobules: Never