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Polychidium

  • 09 Jun 2015 2:40 PM
    Message # 3380881

    Hi all,


    On the photo gallery, there are 5 photos marked LABE-120. The spores are 20.48x7.68 microns. Spot tests seem to be negative. It was on soil and some moss, in dry steppe around 1540m elevation.


    My question is, could this be Polychidium muscicola?



    Last modified: 09 Jun 2015 2:44 PM | Steve Sheehy
  • 25 Jun 2015 3:22 PM
    Reply # 3404451 on 3380881

      I’m not the best person to comment on this, but I have been trying to familiarize myself with the more common small cyanolichens (which for me has not been easy). My guess is that it could be P. muscicola, but its hard to say with only the information and photos you have posted. From the photos I can’t tell if the spores are really 1-septate (several times I’ve been fooled on this). (A bit puzzled by the precision of your measuerments.) Dry steppe might be an unusual habitat for this species. Posting a photo of what I think is P. muscicola.  

    Last modified: 25 Jun 2015 3:50 PM | Richard Droker
  • 30 Jun 2015 10:24 AM
    Reply # 3414481 on 3380881

    I wouldn't feel comfortable giving a definitive yes, but P. muscicola is very common in the sage steppe here in western Montana and that looks like it to me.


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