Lichens of the Gila Wilderness
Presented in Association with the
Western New Mexico University Department
of Natural Sciences
Lepraria finkii (B. de Lesd.) R.C. Harris
Fluffy Dust Lichen
Lepraria are sterile crustose lichens consisting mostly of conglomerations of granular soredia. Lepraria finkii
in particular is pale green and cottony. It is found on shaded substrates including growing over moss. L. finkii is
yellow in KOH due to the presence of stictic acid.
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Lepraria finkii, Pinos Altos Range, Little Cherry Creek Ranch Road,
growing on rock and overgrowing pleurocarpous moss on rock, under overhang in mixed conifer forest, dry in partial
to full shade on volcanic rock, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, July 23, 2023
Lepraria finkii, habit, Pinos Altos Range, Little Cherry Creek Ranch Road,
growing on rock and overgrowing pleurocarpous moss on rock, under overhang in mixed conifer forest, dry in partial
to full shade on volcanic rock, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, July 23, 2023
Lepraria finkii, habit growing over moss, Pinos Altos Range, Little Cherry Creek Ranch Road,
growing on rock and overgrowing pleurocarpous moss on rock, under overhang in mixed conifer forest, dry in partial
to full shade on volcanic rock, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, July 23, 2023
Lepraria finkii, photomicrograph of sorediate upper surface, Pinos Altos Range, Little Cherry Creek Ranch Road,
growing on rock and overgrowing pleurocarpous moss on rock, under overhang in mixed conifer forest, dry in partial
to full shade on volcanic rock, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, July 23, 2023
Lepraria finkii, photomicrograph of sorediate upper surface, Pinos Altos Range, Little Cherry Creek Ranch Road,
growing on rock and overgrowing pleurocarpous moss on rock, under overhang in mixed conifer forest, dry in partial
to full shade on volcanic rock, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, July 23, 2023
Lepraria finkii, photomicrograph of undersurface, Pinos Altos Range, Little Cherry Creek Ranch Road,
growing on rock and overgrowing pleurocarpous moss on rock, under overhang in mixed conifer forest, dry in partial
to full shade on volcanic rock, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, July 23, 2023
Lepraria finkii, photomicrograph of K+ yellow in KOH, Pinos Altos Range, Little Cherry Creek Ranch Road,
growing on rock and overgrowing pleurocarpous moss on rock, under overhang in mixed conifer forest, dry in partial
to full shade on volcanic rock, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, July 23, 2023
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