Life Forms ** All Values ** erect lobes loosely attached lobes tightly appressed lobes tightly attached strongly-pendent tufted from a holdfast umbilicate underneath substrate surface vagrant	Isidia ** All Values ** no yes	Lobe Shape ** All Values ** linear net-like not applicable rounded round-in cross-section strapped channeled strap-shaped channeled strap-shaped not channeled
Surface Texture ** All Values ** granular pruinose pruinose, veined ridged-strongly ridged-weakly scabard smooth veined-bottom veined, smooth-pruinose	Lobules ** All Values ** no yes	Body Type ** All Values ** crustose foliose fruticose fruticose-with squamules squamulose
Soredia ** All Values ** coarse in pockets at lobe ends on ridges or lobe margins scattered over upper surface sorediate becoming isidiate upon squamules	Reproduction ** All Values ** apothecium black apothecium brown apothecium pink apothecium rare apothecium red apothecium rust apothecium tan mazaedium mushroom perithecium	Cephalodia ** All Values ** none yes external pockets yes external pockets-peltate yes internal pockets
Podetia ** All Values ** no pseudopodetia yes yes forked yes forked-squamulose-w/cups yes multiple-branched yes not divided	Central Cord ** All Values ** no yes yes-ecorticate	Hollow Lobules ** All Values ** no yes
Rhizines ** All Values ** brush-like or squarrose single or forked	Cilia Margins ** All Values ** no	Under Lobe Color ** All Values ** black-no tomentum black-with tomentum brown-no tomentum brown-with tomentum tan-no tomentum tan-with tomentum white-no tomentum white-with tomentum yellow-gold-no tomentum yellow-gold-with tomentum yellow-green-no tomentum

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