Collema nigrescens

Collema nigrescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Lecanorales
Family:	Collemataceae
Genus:	Collema
Species:	C. nigrescens
Binomial name
Collema nigrescens

Collema nigrescens is a leafy (foliose) jelly lichen (Collema genus) found growing on the bark of trees such as bigleaf maples, in wetter coastal parts of California. It is commonly called button jelly lichen or bat's wing lichen. It is blackish-green when wet, and dark brownish-green to dark olive when dry. The photosyntheic partner is the cyanobacterium that is spread throughout the thallus (main body part). Although foliose in form, like all jelly lichens, the thallus is not differentiated, lacking layers or an upper or lower cortex (lichen) and the cyanobacteria is spread throughout the thallus. It has dark purple-brown apothecia all over. It produces no reaction to lichen spot tests.

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