Aspicilia californica | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Pertusariales |
Family: | Megasporaceae |
Genus: | Aspicilia |
Species: | A. californica
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Binomial name | |
Aspicilia californica Rosentr. (1998)
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Aspicilia californica (shrubby sunken disk lichen) is a small white to white mottled gray or gray-green foliose lichen, with stringy, terete, branch-like lobes. [1]: 223–224 [2] It is endemic to central and southern California, that grows on organic debris, moss, and rock in chaparral habitats. [1]: 223–224 [2] It attaches to the substrate at several points along the branch-like lobes. [2] It may form areoles when growing on more solid substrates. [2] Apothecia are rare. [1]: 223–224 [2] Lichen spot tests on the cortex and medulla are K+ red, KC−, C−, + orange, and I−. [1]: 223–224 The olive brown Aspicilia filiformis is another fruticose species in this mostly crustose genus, occurring in Oregon, Idaho, Utah, Washington and Montana, with one known location also in California. [2]