Acarospora nitida H.Magn.

  • Kingdom

    Fungi

  • Division

    Ascomycota

  • Class

    Lecanoromycetes

  • Order

    Acarosporales

  • Family

    Acarosporaceae

  • All Determinations

    Acarospora nitida H.Magn.

  • Region

    North America

  • Country

    United States of America

  • State/Province

    Colorado

  • County/Municipio

    Larimer Co.

  • Locality

    Rocky Mountain National Park. East end of Trail Ridge on SW-facing slopes of tundra above Forest Canyon.

  • Elevation

    Alt. 3350 m. (10991 ft.)

  • Distribution

    Map all specimens of this taxon

CROSS REFERENCE
SHEET IN HERBARIUM
LICHENES EXSICCATI
Dijtfibuted by the University of Colorado Museum, Boulder'
No. 522. Acarospora nítida H. Magn.
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COLORADO, U.S.A. LARIMER COUNTY: Rocky Mountain National Park. East end of Trail Ridge on SW-facing slopes of tundra above Forest Canyon, on massive granite blocks, 3350 rasm; tightly affixed and growing on large smooth rock faces, rarely on weathered and crumbling surfaces but mostly on extremely hard rock. Thalli are extremely variable, the best developed rosulae on the most inaccessible collecting surfaces, associated with Lecanora novomexicana, Sporastatia testudínea, Acarospora chlorophana, Lecidea atrobrunnea, Um-bilicaria virginis and U. krascheninnikovii.
22 July 1976
W.A. Weber, M. Klockenbrink, M. Finucane
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