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everse, i.e., anything other than Byssoloma with a byssoid margin. Thus far B. pubescens is always on bark,
ranging from tiny twigs to large tree trunks, mainly in mesic or swamp forest habitats. In North America it is a
species of the southern Coastal Plain and is also known from Cuba and Puerto Rico.
Additional specimens. FLORIDA. Bay County: N of Co. Rd. 388 at Econfina Creek, 7.9 mi W of U.S.
231 at Youngstown, 30°23'N, 85°34'W, 1 Dec 1994, Buck 27223, N of Co. Rd. 388, 4.5 mi W of Fla. Hwy. 77,
30°20'N, 85°44'W, 1 Dec 1994, Buck 27275; Calhoun County: W of St. Rd. 71, 6.6 mi N of Gulf Co. line,
30°16'N, 85°10'W, 11 Dec 1993, Buck 24769; Dixie County: Steinhatchee Wildlife Management Area,
Pumpkin Swamp, along Co. Rd. 358 ca. 7 mi NW of Cross City, 29°41'N, 83°13'W, on Sabal leaf base, 4 Dec
1993, Harris 31584, 31591, along Sauls Rd. ca. 0.4 mi N of Co. Rd. 351, ca. 6 mi NE of Cross City, 29°41'N,
83°04'W, 4 Dec 1993, Buck 24354; Duval County: Big Talbot Island St. Park, ca. 0.7 mi S of northern
boundary, on Lyonia ferruginea, 17 Dec 1987, Buck 15513, Jacksonville, Calkins; Escambia County: along Co.
Rd. 99A at Brushy Creek, 4.3 mi W of Fla. 97 at Walnut Hill, 30°53'N, 87°32'W, 8 Dec 1993, on Acer, Buck
24550, on Ilex, Harris 31933; Franklin County: Apalachicola National Forest, Hickory Landing Rec. Area, ca. 2
mi S of Sumatra, 23 May 1976, Harris 11304; Gilchrist County: Waccasassa Flats, along Co. Rd. 232, ca. 7.5
mi N of Trenton, 29°44'N. 82°48'W, 5 Dec 1993, Buck 24415; Hamilton County: Bee Haven Bay, N of Co. Rd.
6, E of Jasper, 30°30'N, 82°45'W, on branches of Taxodium,15 Dec 1993, Harris 32472, Holton Creek Wildlife
Management Area, 30°26'N, 83°04'W, on Quercus, 5 Dec 1994, Harris 36099; Jackson County: Black Spring,
ca. 6 mi S of Marianna, 3 Dec 1988, Harris 23330, 23346; Jefferson County: E of Fla. 59, 8.4 mi S of Wacissa,
30°16'N, 84°03'W, 12 Dec 1993, Buck 24885; Lafayette County: along Co. Rd. 357, 6.4 mi Se of Fla. Hwy. 51,
29°51'N, 83°15'W, 2 Dec 1994, Buck 27308; Lake County: Ocala National Forest, ca. 2 mi SE of Alexander
Springs, on Magnolia virginiana, 6 Dec 1988, Buck 16735; Liberty County: Apalachicola National Forest,
Ochlockonee River at Forest Serv. Rd. 13 crossing, 3 May 1990, Harris 25026; Madison County: 0.3 mi on dirt
road W of Co. Rd. 150, NNE of Greenville, 30°36'N, 83°33'W, on Quercus, 14 Dec 1993, Buck 24888, Harris
32369, 32382; Marion County: Ocala National Forest, ca. 0.75 mi NE of Doe Lake, 11 Dec 1988, Buck 16901,
just E of Oklawaha River of Fla. Hwy. 316, 10 Aug 1985, Harris 18036; Polk County: Nalcrest, on Ilex, 28 May
1989, Wheeler s.n.; Santa Rosa County: Blackwater River State Forest, Jackson Red Ground Trail from Red
rock Rd., ca. 12 mi NE of Milton, 30°47'N, 86°53'W, 9 Dec 1993, Buck 24623, 24624, Harris 31990, 32002;
Wakulla County: Edward Ball Wakulla Springs State Park, ca. 30°14'N, 84°18'W, on bamboo culm, 26-27 Dec
1990, Buck 18991-A. GEORGIA. Charlton County: Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, N edge of Middle
Island, 22 Nov 1989, Wetmore 65012; Coffee County: Broxton Rocks Ecological Preserve, on dead azalea,
16-17 Dec 1993, Harris 32722, Ricketson Tract, on Vitis, 4 Feb 1995, Buck 27481. MISSISSIPPI. Winston
County: Tombigbee National Forest, Choctaw Wildlife Area, 33°16'N, 89°06'W, on Magnolia, 28 Sep 1992,
Harris 28661. NORTH CAROLINA. Dare Couny: Kitty Hawk, Nearing s.n., Nags Head Woods Ecological
Preserve, 35°58'N, 75°06'W, on Liquidambar, 29 Sep 1993, Harris 31031 (all NY).
CUBA. Prov. Santiago de Cuba: vicinity of Museo de la Francesca, "La Isabelita," ca. 2 km SE of La
Gran Piedra, ca. 1000 m, 7 Apr 1982, Harris 14599 (HAC, NY). PUERTO RICO. Distr. Mayagüez: Maricao State
Forest, Area de Recreo "Lookout," along Hwy 120 at Km 13.9, ca. 800 m, 28 May 1989, Buck 17241, 17265
(all NY).
CLADONIACEAE Zenker
CLADINA (Nyl.) Nyl.
1. Podetia yellowish, usnic acid present; PD+ red or PD-; branching dichotomous.................................................................................. 2
2. Colonies without dense rounded heads; PD+ red (fumarprotocetraric acid);
throughout Florida ................................................................................................................... C. subtenuis (des Abb.) Hale & Culb.
2. Colonies with dense rounded heads; PD- (atranorin and perlatolic acid);
throughout Florida ........................................................................................................................ C. evansii (des Abb.) Hale & Culb.
1. Podetia not yellowish, usnic acid absent; PD+ red, fumarprotocetraric acid present............................................................................ 3
3. Atranorin present; branching dichotomous or whorled........................................................................................................................ 4
4. Branching dichotomous; pycnidial gel reddish; Everglades and Panhandle
extending into southern Georgia....................................................................................................... C. sandstedei (des Abb.) Ahti
4. Branching whorled; pycnidial gel colorless; Duval County (I have come to
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