Crustose Lichen Photos (3)
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Crustose Lichens 3

#1. An unknown soil lichen with black, lecideine apothecia (no algal cells in rim).

#2. An unknown rock lichen with reddish-brown, lecideine apothecia (no algal cells in rim). It superficially resembles the genus Protoblastenia (P. rupestris).

Lemon-yellow crustose lichen Caloplaca citrina growing on a tile roof.

A crustose rock lichen similar to Porpidia crustulata. It has small, lecidiene apothecia (1 mm or smaller in diameter) with simple, colorless spores (8 per ascus). The thallus is pale, greenish-gray and the apothecia are somewhat arranged in concentric rings. This species grows on small rocks and boulders in the chaparral of coastal San Diego County.

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