Synonyms: Caloplaca microphyllina (Tuck.) Hasse
Tayloriellina microphyllina is a small crustose orange lichen that grows on wood. It resembles the genus Caloplaca,
and indeed used to be placed in that genus. The apothecia have an orange disc and
an orange rim. The squamules are orange as well and densely sorediate. The soredia are orange also. The apothecium is bright red
in KOH.
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Tayloriellina microphyllina, growing on exposed woody root in Piñon-Juniper-Oak woodland, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Pinos Altos Range, Pinos Altos, September 21, 2024
Tayloriellina microphyllina, habit, growing on exposed woody root in Piñon-Juniper-Oak woodland, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Pinos Altos Range, Pinos Altos, September 21, 2024
Tayloriellina microphyllina, photomicrograph of apothecia and thallus, growing on exposed woody root in Piñon-Juniper-Oak woodland, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Pinos Altos Range, Pinos Altos, September 21, 2024
Tayloriellina microphyllina, photomicrograph of sorediate thalli, growing on exposed woody root in Piñon-Juniper-Oak woodland, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Pinos Altos Range, Pinos Altos, September 21, 2024
Tayloriellina microphyllina, photomicrograph of sorediate thalli and apothecium, growing on exposed woody root in Piñon-Juniper-Oak woodland, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Pinos Altos Range, Pinos Altos, September 21, 2024
Tayloriellina microphyllina, photomicrograph of sectioned apothecium in KOH, growing on exposed woody root in Piñon-Juniper-Oak woodland, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Pinos Altos Range, Pinos Altos, September 21, 2024
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