by CONPS ME | Oct 9, 2023
Climacium dendroides is commonly called Tree Moss. The name ‘Climacium dendroides’ already gives one of the characteristics of this moss: It looks like a small tree: Below with a more or less unbranched trunk, above with branches. What is concealed is the lying...
by CONPS ME | Oct 9, 2023
Orthotrichum hallii is found on rock at middle to upper elevation. The leaves are acute at the apex without an awn. The leaves are erect when dry and spreading when wet. The stomata are immersed. The most striking feature though of O. hallii is the completely...
by CONPS ME | Oct 9, 2023
Rhizocarpon geographicum (the map lichen) is a species of lichen, which grows on rocks in mountainous areas of low air pollution. About 30 speices have been identified in Colorado. Each lichen is a flat patch bordered by a black line of fungal hyphae. These patches...
by CONPS ME | Oct 9, 2023
Peltigera is a genus of approximately 100 species of foliose lichens in the family Peltigeraceae.About 41 species have been identified in Colorado. Commonly known as the dog or pelt lichens, species of Peltigera are often terricolous (growing on soil), but can also...
by CONPS ME | Oct 9, 2023
Lepraria is a genus of leprose crustose lichens that grows on its substrate like patches of granular, caked up, mealy dust grains. Nineteen species have been collected in Colorado. Members of the genus are commonly called dust lichens.[3]: 305 [4][5] The main...
