Kingdom Fungi | Order Teloschistales | |
Calicium sequoiae is a crustose lichen that has only been found growing on old-growth redwood trees in California. It is a species of stubble lichen (pin lichen, (genus Calicium) in the Caliciaceae family. Apothecia are white-powder coated (pruinose). The unusual spores have spiral ridges.
Reaction to chemical tests
The thallus reacts to chemical tests as K+ yellow, P+ orange, and the aphothecia reacts I+ blue.
References
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