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Unresolved name

Loxosporopsis

Distribution

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Hypermaritime region from northern California to southern Alaska, and the BC inland rainforest. Possibly also in other temperate rainforests around the world?

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General Description

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Monotypic genus containing a single epiphytic crustose lichen. It is grayish and covered with long, slender, often branched isidia.

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Habitat

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Well-lit conifer bark.

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Look Alikes

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Nothing like it: no other crustose lichen has such long slender isidia.

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