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General
  life habit
   lichenized
   lichenicolous
   saprobic
   fungicolous
   algicolous
Thallus
  thallus type
   fruticose
   crustose (verrucose, subsquamulose)
   squamulose
   leprose (byssoid-spongiose)
   indistinct (immersed, endosubstratic)
   placodioid
   foliose
   subsquamulose
   umbilicate (peltate)
   subfruticose (minutely fruticose, dactyliform)
Ascomata
  ascomata kind
   apothecioid
   mazaedioid
   perithecioid
  ascomata hymenium paraphyses(-oids)
   present
   absent
Asci
  asci type
   bitunicate
   prototunicate
   unitunicate
   lecanoral
   verrucarial
  asci wall
   thickened
   not thickened
  asci wall amyloidity
   absent
   present
Ascospores
  ascospores septation
   present
   absent
  ascospores wall pigmentation
   dark brownish
   medium brownish
   pale brownish
   hyaline
   greyish
Misc
  secondary metabolites
   present
   absent
  primary photobiont
   present
   absent
  primary photobiont kind
   chlorococcoid
   cyanobacterioid

Saguaro National Park

James P. Bennett and Clifford M. Wetmore
Species Count: 295

Acarosporaceae

Agyriaceae

Arthoniaceae

Bacidiaceae

Caliciaceae

Candelariaceae

Catillariaceae

Cladoniaceae

Collemataceae

Heppiaceae

Hymeneliaceae

Lecanoraceae

Lecideaceae

Lichenotheliaceae

Lichinaceae

Lobariaceae

Micareaceae

Mycocaliciaceae

Nephromataceae

Pannariaceae

Parmeliaceae

Peltigeraceae

Peltulaceae

Pertusariaceae

Physciaceae

Placynthiaceae

Psoraceae

Ramalinaceae

Rhizocarpaceae

Teloschistaceae

Thelotremataceae

Trapeliaceae

Umbilicariaceae

Uncertain Family

Verrucariaceae

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