| Collema nigrescens | |
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| in Northwestern California | |
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Peltigerales |
| Family: | Collemataceae |
| Genus: | Collema |
| Species: | C. nigrescens
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| Binomial name | |
| Collema nigrescens | |
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Collema nigrescens is a leafy ( foliose) jelly lichen ( Collema genus) found growing on the bark of trees such as bigleaf maples, in wetter coastal parts of California. [1]: 34, 36 It is commonly called button jelly lichen or bat's wing lichen. [1]: 34, 36 It is blackish-green when wet, and dark brownish-green to dark olive when dry. [1]: 34, 36 The photosynthetic partner is the Nostoc cyanobacterium that is spread throughout the thallus (main body part). [1]: 34, 36 Although foliose in form, like all jelly lichens, the thallus is not differentiated, lacking layers or an upper or lower cortex (lichen) and the cyanobacteria is spread throughout the thallus. [1]: 34, 36 It has dark purple-brown apothecia all over. [1]: 34, 36 It produces no reaction to lichen spot tests. [1]: 34, 36
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