Candelariella xanthostigma (Ach.) Lettau
Annotated by L. Geiser, 13 Dec 2001.

Oregon: Wallowa County: Wallowa-Whitman National Forest: Eagle Cap Ranger District: Eagle Cap Wilderness. Elev. 7093 ft.
45.215543° N, 117.248565° W
Coordinate Source: USFS plot database. Coordinates displaced < 1 mi. for confidentiality.
Mature spruce-fir forest occupied 25% of plot, the rest was open meadow, dry slopes with shrubs, or regenerating ABLA and PIEN in the avalanche chute. Bog area runs through meadow, and many large dbh (>21") trees in forested area. Large diversity of herbs and epiphytic crusts present; lichens were richest and most abundant on mature trees bordering avalanche chute. High cover of Letharia columbiana, Bryoria, and Melanelia. Slope 46%. Aspect 141°. Abundance code: 4-2; Specimen has no spores; could be C. vittellina, but thallis is granular, corticate and leprose, apothecia not rimmed. Spot Tests: Thallus K-. Phenology: apothecia.

S. Jovan s.n., Aug 11, 2001
OSC, Barcode: OSC-M-250949