Circinaria hispida (Mereschk) A. Nordin, Savic & Tibell, 2010
| Common name | Desert Vagabond | Code: CIRCHIS
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| Field Characters | Fruticose, shrub-like chlorolichen. Rounded olive-grey to aeruginose grey-green, solid branches, often brittle. Branching extensively, branch tips tapered. Cortex dull. Vagrant to sparsely attached by basal holdfasts. Pseudocyphellae round, scattered laminally on branches. Lacking rhizines, soredia, or isidia. Apothecia not seen in Alberta. | |
| Similar species |
Circinaria rogeri: knobby branches with pseudocyphellae terminal on the branches; known from Idaho, maybe Montana, not known from Alberta. | |
| Ecology | On calcareous soil and tangled in litter in grasslands, most common in the southeastern prairie region. Uncommon. | |
| Chemistry | All spot tests negative, no chemicals detected in TLC. | |
| Molecular support |
High: multiple sequences form a monophyletic clade in McCune & Di Meglio (2021). | |
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- Circinaria hispida key traits
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- Circinaria hispida, Acadia region, SK
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- Circinaria hispida, ABMI collection
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- Circinaria hispida, Acadia region, SK
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- Circinaria hispida, Mattheis Ranch, AB
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- Circinaria hispida, Acadia region, SK
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- Circinaria hispida, Mattheis Ranch, AB
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- Circinaria hispida, Mattheis Ranch, AB
