Pseudocyphellaria citrina #

Taxon #

Pseudocyphellaria citrina

Organization #

Specklebelly Lichens, Peltigerales

Identification #

A dark brown lichen with strikingly contrasting bright yellow marginal and laminal soralia. P. hawaiiensis and P. holarctica are similarly colored but usually have narrower lobes than those of mature P. citrina. P. mallota has grayish rather than the yellowish soralia and soredia seen in P. citrina. P. holarctica has a bright yellow upper medulla, P. hawaiiensis a pale yellow upper medulla in patches (Lücking et al. 2017).

Substrate #

Corticolous, ramicolous, also found on logs with bark still attached, and bryocolous over rocks

Lücking, Robert & Moncada, Bibiana & McCune, Bruce & Farkas, Edit & Goffinet, Bernard & Parker, Dinah & Chaves, José & Lokos, Laszlo & Nelson, Peter & Spribille, Toby & Stenroos, Soili & Wheeler, Tim & Yánez-Ayabaca, Alba & Dillman, Karen & Gockman, Otto & Goward, Trevor & Hollinger, Jason & Tripp, Erin & Villella, John & Yakovchenko, Lidia. (2017). Pseudocyphellaria crocata (Ascomycota #

Lobariaceae) in the Americas is revealed to be thirteen species, and none of them is P. crocata. The Bryologist. 120. 441-500. 10.1639/0007-2745-120.4.14.