Spores; Habitat: Open rocky ridge with adjoining forest of Pseudotsuga and Castanopsis chrysophylla, with patches of old Arctostaphylos columbiana; Location: Horse Rock Ridge ACEC, foothills of Cascade Range; Substrate: Rock, volcanic; Elevation: 760 meters.
ThallusDense; Habitat: Open rocky ridge with adjoining forest of Pseudotsuga and Castanopsis chrysophylla, with patches of old Arctostaphylos columbiana; Location: Horse Rock Ridge ACEC, foothills of Cascade Range; Substrate: Rock, volcanic; Elevation: 760 meters.
Exciple; Habitat: Open rocky ridge with adjoining forest of Pseudotsuga and Castanopsis chrysophylla, with patches of old Arctostaphylos columbiana; Location: Horse Rock Ridge ACEC, foothills of Cascade Range; Substrate: Rock, volcanic; Elevation: 760 meters.
ThallusSparse; Habitat: Open rocky ridge with adjoining forest of Pseudotsuga and Castanopsis chrysophylla, with patches of old Arctostaphylos columbiana; Location: Horse Rock Ridge ACEC, foothills of Cascade Range; Substrate: Rock, volcanic; Elevation: 760 meters.
Spores; Habitat: Rocky alpine summit with dark igneous rock, metal-rich rock, and marble; Location: Summit of Matterhorn, Wallowa Mountains, Eagle Cap Wilderness; Substrate: Saxifraga oppositifolia; Elevation: 2995 meters.
Ascus K; Habitat: Rocky alpine summit with dark igneous rock, metal-rich rock, and marble; Location: Summit of Matterhorn, Wallowa Mountains, Eagle Cap Wilderness; Substrate: Saxifraga oppositifolia; Elevation: 2995 meters.
Hymenium; Habitat: Rocky alpine summit with dark igneous rock, metal-rich rock, and marble; Location: Summit of Matterhorn, Wallowa Mountains, Eagle Cap Wilderness; Substrate: Saxifraga oppositifolia; Elevation: 2995 meters.
Habit; Habitat: Rocky alpine summit with dark igneous rock, metal-rich rock, and marble; Location: Summit of Matterhorn, Wallowa Mountains, Eagle Cap Wilderness; Substrate: Saxifraga oppositifolia; Elevation: 2995 meters.
Spores; Habitat: Rocky Artemisia rigida - Poa sandbergii steppe with scattered Juniperous and low basalt cliffs; Location: Near Stinkingwater Pass, on road to Pine Creek, just off US Route 20; Substrate: Grimmia on basalt cliffs; Elevation: 1400 meters; Notes: dupl. det. U. Sochting 2006 as C. tiroliensis.
Apothecia; Habitat: Rocky Artemisia rigida - Poa sandbergii steppe with scattered Juniperous and low basalt cliffs; Location: Near Stinkingwater Pass, on road to Pine Creek, just off US Route 20; Substrate: Grimmia on basalt cliffs; Elevation: 1400 meters; Notes: dupl. det. U. Sochting 2006 as C. tiroliensis.
Apothecia; Habitat: Rocky Artemisia rigida - Poa sandbergii steppe with scattered Juniperous and low basalt cliffs; Location: Near Stinkingwater Pass, on road to Pine Creek, just off US Route 20; Substrate: Grimmia on basalt cliffs; Elevation: 1400 meters; Notes: dupl. det. U. Sochting 2006 as C. tiroliensis.
Apothecial section; Habitat: Rocky Artemisia rigida - Poa sandbergii steppe with scattered Juniperous and low basalt cliffs; Location: Near Stinkingwater Pass, on road to Pine Creek, just off US Route 20; Substrate: Grimmia on basalt cliffs; Elevation: 1400 meters; Notes: dupl. det. U. Sochting 2006 as C. tiroliensis.
Spores; Habitat: Large calcareous conglomerate outcrops, exposed, along road; Location: Above frontage road, east side of bridge over Missouri River at Craig; Substrate: Rock, calcareous conglomerate outcrops; Elevation: 1055 meters.
ThallusVariegations; Habitat: Large calcareous conglomerate outcrops, exposed, along road; Location: Above frontage road, east side of bridge over Missouri River at Craig; Substrate: Rock, calcareous conglomerate outcrops; Elevation: 1055 meters.
Apothecial section; Habitat: Large calcareous conglomerate outcrops, exposed, along road; Location: Above frontage road, east side of bridge over Missouri River at Craig; Substrate: Rock, calcareous conglomerate outcrops; Elevation: 1055 meters.
Apothecia; Habitat: Large calcareous conglomerate outcrops, exposed, along road; Location: Above frontage road, east side of bridge over Missouri River at Craig; Substrate: Rock, calcareous conglomerate outcrops; Elevation: 1055 meters.
Habit; Habitat: Large calcareous conglomerate outcrops, exposed, along road; Location: Above frontage road, east side of bridge over Missouri River at Craig; Substrate: Rock, calcareous conglomerate outcrops; Elevation: 1055 meters.
Apothecial section; Habitat: Large calcareous conglomerate outcrops, exposed, along road; Location: Above frontage road, east side of bridge over Missouri River at Craig; Substrate: Rock, calcareous conglomerate outcrops; Elevation: 1055 meters.
Apothecia; Habitat: Large calcareous conglomerate outcrops, exposed, along road; Location: Above frontage road, east side of bridge over Missouri River at Craig; Substrate: Rock, calcareous conglomerate outcrops; Elevation: 1055 meters.
Apothecial section POL; Habitat: Large calcareous conglomerate outcrops, exposed, along road; Location: Above frontage road, east side of bridge over Missouri River at Craig; Substrate: Rock, calcareous conglomerate outcrops; Elevation: 1055 meters.
Exciple edge2; Habitat: Large calcareous conglomerate outcrops, exposed, along road; Location: Above frontage road, east side of bridge over Missouri River at Craig; Substrate: Rock, calcareous conglomerate outcrops; Elevation: 1055 meters.
Lobes; Habitat: Large calcareous conglomerate outcrops, exposed, along road; Location: Above frontage road, east side of bridge over Missouri River at Craig; Substrate: Rock, calcareous conglomerate outcrops; Elevation: 1055 meters.
Apothecia; Habitat: Large calcareous conglomerate outcrops, exposed, along road; Location: Above frontage road, east side of bridge over Missouri River at Craig; Substrate: Rock, calcareous conglomerate outcrops; Elevation: 1055 meters.
Habit; Habitat: Large calcareous conglomerate outcrops, exposed, along road; Location: Above frontage road, east side of bridge over Missouri River at Craig; Substrate: Rock, calcareous conglomerate outcrops; Elevation: 1055 meters.
Apothecial section POL; Habitat: Basalt cliffs; Location: Malheur River Canyon between Harper and Little Valley on US Route 20; Substrate: Rock, basalt cliffs; Elevation: 900 meters; Notes: C. biatorina dup. det. E. Gaya in MIN.
Apothecial section; Habitat: Basalt cliffs; Location: Malheur River Canyon between Harper and Little Valley on US Route 20; Substrate: Rock, basalt cliffs; Elevation: 900 meters; Notes: C. biatorina dup. det. E. Gaya in MIN.
Hymenium; Habitat: Basalt cliffs; Location: Malheur River Canyon between Harper and Little Valley on US Route 20; Substrate: Rock, basalt cliffs; Elevation: 900 meters; Notes: C. biatorina dup. det. E. Gaya in MIN.
Spores; Habitat: Basalt cliffs; Location: Malheur River Canyon between Harper and Little Valley on US Route 20; Substrate: Rock, basalt cliffs; Elevation: 900 meters; Notes: C. biatorina dup. det. E. Gaya in MIN.
Habit; Habitat: Basalt cliffs; Location: Malheur River Canyon between Harper and Little Valley on US Route 20; Substrate: Rock, basalt cliffs; Elevation: 900 meters; Notes: C. biatorina dup. det. E. Gaya in MIN.
Habit; Habitat: Basalt cliffs; Location: Malheur River Canyon between Harper and Little Valley on US Route 20; Substrate: Rock, basalt cliffs; Elevation: 900 meters; Notes: C. biatorina dup. det. E. Gaya in MIN.
Habit; Habitat: Basalt cliffs; Location: Malheur River Canyon between Harper and Little Valley on US Route 20; Substrate: Rock, basalt cliffs; Elevation: 900 meters; Notes: C. biatorina dup. det. E. Gaya in MIN.
Habit; Habitat: Marble outcrops on slope with patchy Pseudotsuga forest; Location: Below Marble Point on trail to Francis Lake, Wallowa Mountains; Substrate: Rock, marble outcrops; Elevation: 1800 meters; Notes: Caloplaca biatorina det. E. Gaya 2011 but spores and thallus color match C. saxicola very well.
Habit; Habitat: Marble outcrops on slope with patchy Pseudotsuga forest; Location: Below Marble Point on trail to Francis Lake, Wallowa Mountains; Substrate: Rock, marble outcrops; Elevation: 1800 meters; Notes: Caloplaca biatorina det. E. Gaya 2011 but spores and thallus color match C. saxicola very well.
Spores; Habitat: Marble outcrops on slope with patchy Pseudotsuga forest; Location: Below Marble Point on trail to Francis Lake, Wallowa Mountains; Substrate: Rock, marble outcrops; Elevation: 1800 meters; Notes: Caloplaca biatorina det. E. Gaya 2011 but spores and thallus color match C. saxicola very well.
Spores; Habitat: Cercocarpus ledifolius shrub steppe; Location: Above Medicine Creek and US Highway 93, T2N R20W S22, 9.25 mi SSE of Darby; Substrate: Rock; Elevation: 1280 meters; Notes: Photos.
Habit; Habitat: Beach; Location: East side of Marrowstone Island, SE of Port Townsend, on Admiralty Inlet; Substrate: Rock, large boulder; Elevation: 3 meters.
Isidia; Habitat: Beach; Location: East side of Marrowstone Island, SE of Port Townsend, on Admiralty Inlet; Substrate: Rock, large boulder; Elevation: 3 meters.
Habit; Habitat: Large sandstone outcrops at edge of Umpqua River, by rapids; Location: Just upstream of Yellow Creek Boat Ramp on Umpqua River; Substrate: Rock, vertical face; Elevation: 58 meters.
Habit; Habitat: Large sandstone outcrops at edge of Umpqua River, by rapids; Location: Just upstream of Yellow Creek Boat Ramp on Umpqua River; Substrate: Rock, vertical face; Elevation: 58 meters.
Habit; Habitat: Large sandstone outcrops at edge of Umpqua River, by rapids; Location: Just upstream of Yellow Creek Boat Ramp on Umpqua River; Substrate: Rock, vertical face; Elevation: 58 meters.
Apothecial section K; Habitat: Rocky ridge with Pinus flexilis and Juniperus scopulorum; Location: Just east of US Hwy 310, 9 km NW of Warren; Substrate: Rock; Elevation: 1370 meters.
Apothecial section; Habitat: Rocky ridge with Pinus flexilis and Juniperus scopulorum; Location: Just east of US Hwy 310, 9 km NW of Warren; Substrate: Rock; Elevation: 1370 meters.
Habit; Habitat: Rocky ridge with Pinus flexilis and Juniperus scopulorum; Location: Just east of US Hwy 310, 9 km NW of Warren; Substrate: Rock; Elevation: 1370 meters.
Apothecia; Habitat: Rocky ridge with Pinus flexilis and Juniperus scopulorum; Location: Just east of US Hwy 310, 9 km NW of Warren; Substrate: Rock; Elevation: 1370 meters.
Hymenium K; Habitat: Rocky ridge with Pinus flexilis and Juniperus scopulorum; Location: Just east of US Hwy 310, 9 km NW of Warren; Substrate: Rock; Elevation: 1370 meters.
Apothecial section; Habitat: Rocky alpine summit with dark igneous rock, metal-rich rock, and marble; Location: Summit of Matterhorn, Wallowa Mountains, Eagle Cap Wilderness; Substrate: Rock, iron-rich HCl-; Elevation: 2995 meters; Notes: C. saxicola s. str. of Gaya (2009). Caloplaca saxicola det. E. Gaya 2011.
Habit; Habitat: Rocky alpine summit with dark igneous rock, metal-rich rock, and marble; Location: Summit of Matterhorn, Wallowa Mountains, Eagle Cap Wilderness; Substrate: Rock, iron-rich HCl-; Elevation: 2995 meters; Notes: C. saxicola s. str. of Gaya (2009). Caloplaca saxicola det. E. Gaya 2011.
Spores; Habitat: Rocky alpine summit with dark igneous rock, metal-rich rock, and marble; Location: Summit of Matterhorn, Wallowa Mountains, Eagle Cap Wilderness; Substrate: Rock, iron-rich HCl-; Elevation: 2995 meters; Notes: C. saxicola s. str. of Gaya (2009). Caloplaca saxicola det. E. Gaya 2011.
Asci; Habitat: Rocky alpine summit with dark igneous rock, metal-rich rock, and marble; Location: Summit of Matterhorn, Wallowa Mountains, Eagle Cap Wilderness; Substrate: Rock, iron-rich HCl-; Elevation: 2995 meters; Notes: C. saxicola s. str. of Gaya (2009). Caloplaca saxicola det. E. Gaya 2011.
Habit; Habitat: Rocky alpine summit with dark igneous rock, metal-rich rock, and marble; Location: Summit of Matterhorn, Wallowa Mountains, Eagle Cap Wilderness; Substrate: Rock, iron-rich HCl-; Elevation: 2995 meters; Notes: C. saxicola s. str. of Gaya (2009). Caloplaca saxicola det. E. Gaya 2011.
Paraphyses; Habitat: Driftwood piles on basalt riprap, exposed; Location: Based of North Jetty at mouth of Nehalem River, Nehalem Bay State Park; Substrate: Rock, basalt boulder; Elevation: 4 meters.
Exciple; Habitat: Driftwood piles on basalt riprap, exposed; Location: Based of North Jetty at mouth of Nehalem River, Nehalem Bay State Park; Substrate: Rock, basalt boulder; Elevation: 4 meters.
Spores; Habitat: Driftwood piles on basalt riprap, exposed; Location: Based of North Jetty at mouth of Nehalem River, Nehalem Bay State Park; Substrate: Rock, basalt boulder; Elevation: 4 meters.
Habit; Habitat: Driftwood piles on basalt riprap, exposed; Location: Based of North Jetty at mouth of Nehalem River, Nehalem Bay State Park; Substrate: Rock, basalt boulder; Elevation: 4 meters.
Apothecia; Habitat: Driftwood piles on basalt riprap, exposed; Location: Based of North Jetty at mouth of Nehalem River, Nehalem Bay State Park; Substrate: Rock, basalt boulder; Elevation: 4 meters.
Apothecia; Habitat: Driftwood piles on basalt riprap, exposed; Location: Based of North Jetty at mouth of Nehalem River, Nehalem Bay State Park; Substrate: Rock, basalt boulder; Elevation: 4 meters.
Prothallus; Habitat: Driftwood piles on basalt riprap, exposed; Location: Based of North Jetty at mouth of Nehalem River, Nehalem Bay State Park; Substrate: Rock, basalt boulder; Elevation: 4 meters.
Habit; Habitat: Mafic outcrops, exposed, by estuary, just above rocky intertidal zone; Location: Defunct lighthouse, base of north jetty by Coquille River mouth, Bullard Beach, just north of Bandon; Substrate: Rock, granite; Elevation: 3 meters.
Habit; Habitat: Mafic outcrops, exposed, by estuary, just above rocky intertidal zone; Location: Defunct lighthouse, base of north jetty by Coquille River mouth, Bullard Beach, just north of Bandon; Substrate: Rock, granite; Elevation: 3 meters.
Habit; Habitat: Mafic outcrops, exposed, by estuary, just above rocky intertidal zone; Location: Defunct lighthouse, base of north jetty by Coquille River mouth, Bullard Beach, just north of Bandon; Substrate: Rock, granite; Elevation: 3 meters.
Spores; Habitat: Open lava flow with widely scattered conifers; Location: Muddy Creek Lava Flow, north side of Mt. Adams, north of Muddy Fork Cispus River; Substrate: Moss over rock; Elevation: 1415 meters.
Apothecial section; Habitat: Talus and outcrops of argillite, with scattered trees; Location: Slope above Clark Fork River; Substrate: Bark, small shaded Betula; Elevation: 805 meters.
Apothecia; Habitat: Talus and outcrops of argillite, with scattered trees; Location: Slope above Clark Fork River; Substrate: Bark, small shaded Betula; Elevation: 805 meters.
Exciple; Habitat: Talus and outcrops of argillite, with scattered trees; Location: Slope above Clark Fork River; Substrate: Bark, small shaded Betula; Elevation: 805 meters.
Hymenium; Habitat: Talus and outcrops of argillite, with scattered trees; Location: Slope above Clark Fork River; Substrate: Bark, small shaded Betula; Elevation: 805 meters.
Spores; Habitat: Talus and outcrops of argillite, with scattered trees; Location: Slope above Clark Fork River; Substrate: Bark, small shaded Betula; Elevation: 805 meters.
Apothecial section; Habitat: Artemisia frigida - Stipa comata on calcareous silts; Location: Lake Missoula sediments along US Highway 93, 7 km S of Ravalli; Substrate: Soil; Elevation: 900 meters.
Exciple; Habitat: Artemisia frigida - Stipa comata on calcareous silts; Location: Lake Missoula sediments along US Highway 93, 7 km S of Ravalli; Substrate: Soil; Elevation: 900 meters.
SporesFresh; Habitat: Rock outcrop area; Location: Upper Table Rock, cleft in butte, old andesite lava flow; Substrate: Rock, basalt; Elevation: 614 meters.