Sticta carolinensis

Sticta carolinensis

  • has the smallest thallus lobes of the regional Sticta species, evident from 10 feet away
  • has a white lower surface (at least at the margins), also usually evident from 10 feet away in scatteringly upturned lobe tips;
  • usually has so many phyllidia as to obscure the upper surface of the lobes beneath a cloud of phyllidia (also evident from quite a distance)

Examples:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/191172180
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/196544433
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/105498559
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/102299320
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/109238907
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/108670187
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/101351242


The other regional (North Carolina and thereabouts):

Publicado el noviembre 21, 2023 03:52 TARDE por mjpapay mjpapay