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Melanelia hepatizon

Overview
PNW Range:
  West sideRare
  East sideUncommon
  Immediate coastNone
  Alpine or subalpineCommon
Habitat: Montane to alpine exposed to partly sheltered habitats.
Substrate: On rock.
Comments:
Synonymy: Cetraria hepatizon
Melanelia hepatizon - Lobes
Lobes
by B. McCune
1/3
Melanelia hepatizon - Medulla
Medulla
by B. McCune
2/3
Melanelia hepatizon - Lower
Lower
by B. McCune
3/3
Scale: Bar=1mm unless noted
Growth Form
Fruticose: Never
Foliose: Almost always
Crustose: Never
Appressed Foliose: Commonly
Fluffy Foliose or Strappy: Sometimes
Dangling Hair: Never
Erect Hair: Never
Appressed Hair: Never
Stalks With Squamules: Never
Stalks: Never
Squamules: Never
Single Holdfast: Never
Dangling Nets: Never
Lobe Width (mm): 1.2 (± 0.5)

Upper Surface
Upper Surface Color    (Dry) 
   Black: Rarely
   Olive Brown: Almost always
   Brown: Almost always
Upper Surface Tomentose: Never
Upper Surface Pruinose or Scabrid: Never
Upper Surface with Network of Ridges: Rarely
Upper Surface with Pseudocyphellae: Almost always
   Upper Surface with Holes into Cavity: Never
Cilia on Margins: Never
Lower Surface (Foliose)
Lower Surface Color    (Dry) 
   Black: Almost always
   Brown: Commonly
   Tan: Sometimes
Veined Below: Never
Rhizinate Below: Almost always
   Rhizines Squarrose: Never
Tomentose Below: Never
Cyphellae: Never
Pseudocyphellae Below: Never
Papillae Below: Never

Interior
Inside (Medulla) Yellow or Orange: Never
Central Cord: Never
Hollow Stalks or Hollow Lobes: Never
Gelatinous: Never

Photobiont
Green Algae Primary Photobiont: Almost always
Cyanobacteria Primary Photobiont: Never
Internal Cephalodia: Never
External Cephalodia: Never

Chemistry
Medulla P+ Orange or Red: Almost always
Medulla P+ Yellow: Sometimes
Medulla K+ Yellow: Almost always
Sexual Reproduction
Perithecia: Never
Apothecia: Sometimes
   Mazaedium: Never
Disk Color    (Dry) 
   Disk Brown or Tan: Almost always

Asexual Reproduction
Isidia: Never
Soredia: Never
Lobules: Never