Clavascidium lacinulatum explained

Clavascidium lacinulatum is a dark brown squamulous terricolous lichen.[1] [2] In Joshua Tree National Park, it is the most common of the biological soil crust lichens.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region. Vol 1, Nash, T.H., Ryan, B.D., Gries, C., Bugartz, F., (eds.), 2001, http://lichenportal.org/portal/taxa/index.php?taxon=56611
  2. Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014,
  3. http://www.nps.gov/media/photo/gallery.htm?id=3EB5B850-155D-4519-3EC97FCF1D50262A Photo Gallery, Joshua Tree Lichens, National Park Service