Pylaisia selwynii

Scientific Name: Pylaisia selwynii

Phylum: Bryophyta

Order: Hypnales

Family: Hypnaceae

Common Name: Selwyn's Pylaisiella Moss

Location:  Hiram College

Habitat: On log

Notes:

Collected on: 10/9/15

Collected by: David Platt

Collection #: 20

Keying Path:

Common Moss of NE Ohio

Pleurocarpus Leaves, no midrib

1. No midrib                                                                                        5

5. On a Log                                                                                         8

8. less then 2mm                                                                                 9

9. Leaves similar                                                                                 10

10. Arranged in mats                                                                          11

11. Thin Branches                                                                               12

12. Leaves tight to branches                                                               Pylaisia selwynii

Links:

http://eol.org/pages/922922/maps

http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=549094

References:

McKnight, K. B., Rohrer, J. R., Ward, K. M., Perdizet, W. J. (2013). Common Mosses of the North East and Appalachians. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.

Flavopumelia soredica

Scientific Name: Flavopumelia soredica

Phylum: Ascomycota

Order: Lecanorales

Family: Parmeliaceae

Common Name:

Location:  Hiram College

Habitat: Bark

Notes:

Collected on:

Collected by: David Platt

Collection #: 19

Lichens of North America:

Key Key

1. Non-fleshy                                                                                      3

3. Flat-lobes                                                                                        5

5. Lobes                                                                                              9

9. foiliose                                                                                            10

10. rhizines                                                                                          11

11. green photobiont                                                                           12

12. yellow green                                                                                  Key J

Key J

1. yellow-green                                                                                   2

2. yellow-green                                                                                   5

5. rhizines present                                                                               13

13. cilia not bulbous                                                                            14

14. on bark                                                                                          15

15. soredia present                                                                              16

16. rhizines unbranched                                                                      17

17. pseudocyphellae absent                                                                19

19. lower surface black                                                                       20

20. soredia not granular                                                                      Flavopumelia soredica

Figure 1: Turning up at edges

Figure: Smooth soredia

Figure 3: Rhizines

Figure 4: Black under side

Links:

http://ohiomosslichen.org/lichen-flavopunctelia-soredica/

http://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=FLSO2

http://lichenportal.org/portal/taxa/index.php?taxon=54395