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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationLichens: Phaeophyscia
Classification 1Lichens: Physcia
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00472066
CollectorM. A. Sherwood
CountryUnited States of America
StateMassachusetts
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: Massachusetts: Suffolk County: Boston
LocalityGeorge's Island, Boston Harbor
Date Collected1978-09-24
HabitatOn concrete
ContainerLichen Flora of Boston Project
Substrate[on rock, saxicolous]; on concrete
ProjectLichen and Bryophyte TCN
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/20cf8ca7-ad6a-40aa-9ee2-b15697fb9d65
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00472066
HerbariumFH
Determination Phaeophyscia orbicularis (Necker) Moberg
Determined byHawksworth, David Leslie
Date Determined1980-03-20
Determination Remarks [filed under] [current name]
Determination Physcia sp.
Determined bySherwood, Martha Allen
Determination Remarks [label name]
Annotation TextKOH-, with laminal soredia and very narrow, subsquamulose lobes, sterile. forming widespread crusts; cortex KOH- medulla KOH-, soredia laminal, lobes 0.5-1 mm broad, lower cortex white, rhizinate, saxicolous, on concrete. cortex pseudoparenchymatous. I cannot find a name for this.
Determination Physcia orbicularis (Baumgarten) Poetsch
Sexnot determined
PhenologyNotDetermined
Preparation TypePacket
Preparation MethodDried
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RemarksThis is one of a series of specimens collected in the Boston metropolitan area within route 128 in 1978 and 1979 as part of a project to determine the impact of pollution and urbanization on the local lichen flora. M. A. Sherwood 1979

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