Synonyms: None
Ochrolechia subpallescens is a small crustose lichen that grows in neat
circles on hardwood trees in the forest. The thallous is white to gray, and the small apothecia are pink.
The thallus and the apothecia are red in hypochlorite (C+ red). The spores are elliptical and small. Algal
cells are more or less found in a continuous layer below the hymenium.
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Ochrolechia subpallescens, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Gila NF, McMillan Cmpgd trail, on Prunus serotina bark (Chokecherry tree), September 28, 2024
Ochrolechia subpallescens, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Gila NF, McMillan Cmpgd trail, on Prunus serotina bark (Chokecherry tree), September 28, 2024
Ochrolechia subpallescens, macro of habit, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Gila NF, McMillan Cmpgd trail, on Prunus serotina bark (Chokecherry tree), September 28, 2024
Ochrolechia subpallescens, photomicrograph of apothecium, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Gila NF, McMillan Cmpgd trail, on Prunus serotina bark (Chokecherry tree), September 28, 2024
Ochrolechia subpallescens, photomicrograph of thallus, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Gila NF, McMillan Cmpgd trail, on Prunus serotina bark (Chokecherry tree), September 28, 2024
Ochrolechia subpallescens, photomicrograph of cross section of apothecium, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Gila NF, McMillan Cmpgd trail, on Prunus serotina bark (Chokecherry tree), September 28, 2024
Ochrolechia subpallescens, photomicrograph of small spores, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Gila NF, McMillan Cmpgd trail, on Prunus serotina bark (Chokecherry tree), September 28, 2024
Ochrolechia subpallescens, thallus in hypochlorite, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Gila NF, McMillan Cmpgd trail, on Prunus serotina bark (Chokecherry tree), September 28, 2024
Ochrolechia subpallescens, apothicium in hypochlorite, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Gila NF, McMillan Cmpgd trail, on Prunus serotina bark (Chokecherry tree), September 28, 2024
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