Usnea filipendula Stirt.

TLC Data
Usnic acid, salazinic acid, fumarprotocetraric acid (trace).
Solvent C: toluene / acetic acid (170: 30)_Plate/lane: 38/6
Interpreted by James C. Lendemer - December 3, 2004 - PH_
Lichen Herbarium of James C. Lendemer (HB. LENDEMER)
LICHENS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA EXSICCATI
DISTRIBUTED FROM THE ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA (PH)
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193. Usnea filipendula Stirton	045 6958
Determined - James C. Lendemer - December 7.2004
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. NEW YORK. ESSEX COUNTY.: On twigs
and branches of dead conifers, in a hardwood swamp with maple {Acer), elm (Ulmus), and sparse
conifers, bordered by rocky outcrops, along Ausable River, west side of NY Route #21. - elev.
500 ft. - UTM 18 0585097E 4904975N - Lat. 44° 17’ 35” N, Long. 73° 56’ 00” W-Assoc. spp.:
Hypogymnia physodes, Parmelia squarrosa, Flavoparmelia caperata, Usnea subfloridana,
Pertusaria trachythallina, Pertusaria amara, Lecanora thysanophora, Buellia stillingiana,
Lecanora pulicaris, Lecanora symmicta, sterile sorediate crust.
Thallus corticolous, fruticose, isidiate, dull green to light green, lax to somewhat stiff; branches
not distinctly inflated, occasionally with slight ridges near point of attachment of fibrils, epruinose; tips
curling and fragile; papillae sparse to abundant, tall, cylindrical; fibrils regular, not articulated, not inflated,
tapering; occasional soralia arising from cortex where papillae are broken, often with one or few isidioid-
incipient fibrils. All thalli TLC: usnic acid, salazinic acid, consalazinic acid.
James C. Lendemer et al. #3553
w/ participants of 2004 A. Leroy Andrews Foray
September 18, 2004
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