Diploschistes muscorum (Scop.) R.Sant.

• Region

  North America

• Country

  United States of America

• State/Province

  North Carolina

• County/Municipio

  Swain Co.

• Locality

  Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Fontana Lake, Noland Creek Embayment, east side near mouth

• Elevation

  Alt. 530 m. (1739 ft.)

• Coordinates

  35.4421, -83.5225

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

No botanical uses.

Herbarium of the New York Botanical Garden (NY)
Lichens of North Carolina
Diploschistes muscorum (Scop.) R. Sant.
det. Jason Hollinger, 13 July 2021
USA. NORTH CAROLINA. SWAIN CO. Great Smoky Mountains
National Park, Fontana Lake, Noland Creek Embayment, east side near
mouth - 35.4421° N 83.5225° W 530 m - bare steep metal-rich
metamorphic outcrop just above waterline — on Cladonia over debris and
metamorphic rock.	new y0RK MT(WICAL garden
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Jason Hollinger #25594	12 July 2021
with Robert Emmott, Tom Howe, Keith Langdon and Nora Roberts
Cladonia sp.	Hollinger 25594.2
det. by Jason Hollinger, 13 July 2021
squamules: not stipitate, K+ brownish C- KC±p UV- P+y-o/r strong
TLC: fumarprotocetraric only (JasonHollinger, plate 111, lane 23, solvent C on
13 Jul 2021)
This really looks morphologically from above like C. stipitata but the squamules
aren't stipitate, and it's growing in moss. The lack of chemistry aside from
fumarprotocetraric really narrows this down essentially to apodetiate forms of
things like C. chlorophaea, C. fimbriata or C. pyxidata. Not sure what else it can
be.
Diploschistes muscorum (Scop.) R. Sant.	Hollinger 25594
det. by Jason Hollinger, 13 July 2021
TLC: lecanoiic + diploschistesic (Jason Hollinger, plate 11, lane 21, solvent C on
. 13 Jul 2021)
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