The " Martian " flora: new collections of vascular plants, lichens, fungi, algae, and cyanobacteria from the Mars Desert Research Station, Utah Author Sokoloff, Paul C. Author Freebury, Colin E. Author Hamilton, Paul B. Author Saarela, Jeffery M. text Biodiversity Data Journal 2016 4 8176 8176 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.4.e8176 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.4.e8176 1314-2828--8176 Candelariella rosulans ( Muell . Arg.) Zahlbr. Materials Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordNumber: 251; recordedBy: Sokoloff, Paul C. ; reproductiveCondition: without fruiting bodies; Taxon: scientificName: Candelariellacf.rosulans ( Muell . Arg.) Zahlbr.; kingdom: Fungi; phylum: Ascomycota; class: Lecanoromycetes; order: Candelariales; family: Candelariaceae; genus: Candelariella; specificEpithet: rosulans; taxonRank: Species; scientificNameAuthorship: (Mull. Arg.) Zahlbr.; Location: continent: North America; country: United States of America ; countryCode: USA; stateProvince: Utah; county: Wayne County; municipality: Hanksville; locality: Mars Desert Research Station ; verbatimLocality: Vicinity of the Mars Desert Research Station, Hanksville, Utah, 500 m radius of "hab"; verbatimElevation: 1371 m ; verbatimLatitude: 38°24'23.2"N ; verbatimLongitude: 110°47'31.1"W ; coordinateUncertaintyInMeters: 50; Identification: identifiedBy: Freebury, Colin E. ; dateIdentified: 2015; identificationQualifier: cf.; Event: verbatimEventDate: November 17, 2014 ; habitat: Rocky soil; Record Level: institutionID: CMN; collectionID: CANL 127955; collectionCode: CANL, UTC ; basisOfRecord: Preserved Specimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordNumber: 288b; recordedBy: Sokoloff, Paul C. ; Taxon: scientificName: Candelariellarosulans ( Muell . Arg.) Zahlbr.; kingdom: Fungi; phylum: Ascomycota; class: Lecanoromycetes; order: Candelariales; family: Candelariaceae; genus: Candelariella; specificEpithet: rosulans; taxonRank: Species; scientificNameAuthorship: (Mull. Arg.) Zahlbr.; Location: continent: North America; country: United States of America ; countryCode: USA; stateProvince: Utah; county: Wayne County; municipality: Hanksville; locality: Mars Desert Research Station ; verbatimLocality: "Comm check" hill, 1.7 km northeast of Mars Desert Research Station, just west of Cow Dung Road; verbatimElevation: 1371 m ; verbatimLatitude: 38°25'3.15"N ; verbatimLongitude: 110°46'54.59"W ; coordinateUncertaintyInMeters: 50; Identification: identifiedBy: Freebury, Colin E. ; dateIdentified: 2015; identificationReferences: Westberg (2007); Event: verbatimEventDate: November 22, 2014 ; habitat: Conglomerate sandstone hilltop dominated by Artemisia and Ephedra; Record Level: institutionID: CMN; collectionID: CANL 127971; collectionCode: CANL ; basisOfRecord: Preserved Specimen Notes Asci 8-spored, ascospores narrowly ellipsoid to oblong, 13-15 x (4-)5(-6) µm . This yellow lichen species (Fig. 16) is known from throughout much of western North America ( Westberg 2007 ). It was previously reported from Wayne County by Westberg (2007) and Leavitt and St. Clair (2008) . Supplemental Files: CANL 127955 (Suppl. material 12), CANL 127971 (Suppl. material 13).