Collema nigrescens | |
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in Northwestern California | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Peltigerales |
Family: | Collemataceae |
Genus: | Collema |
Species: | C. nigrescens
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Binomial name | |
Collema nigrescens | |
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Collema nigrescens is a leafy (foliose) jelly lichen (Collema genus) found growing on the bark of trees such as bigleaf maples, in wetter coastal parts of California.[1]: 34, 36 It is commonly called button jelly lichen or bat's wing lichen.[1]: 34, 36 It is blackish-green when wet, and dark brownish-green to dark olive when dry.[1]: 34, 36 The photosynthetic partner is the Nostoc cyanobacterium that is spread throughout the thallus (main body part).[1]: 34, 36 Although foliose in form, like all jelly lichens, the thallus is not differentiated, lacking layers or an upper or lower cortex (lichen) and the cyanobacteria is spread throughout the thallus.[1]: 34, 36 It has dark purple-brown apothecia all over.[1]: 34, 36 It produces no reaction to lichen spot tests.[1]: 34, 36
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