Lichen Xanthoparmelia-1

Spectrum Details

Modality

NIR

Category

vegetation

Material Type

PLANT

Sample ID

Xanthoparmelia-1

Collection Locality

Lime Creek, San Juan Mountain, Colorado

Spectral Purity

1b2_3_4_ # 1= 0.2-3, 2= 1.5-6, 3= 6-25, 4= 20-150 microns

Composition / XRD

none

Sample Description

This sample of lichen was collected from Lime Creek in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado (37 degrees 41 minutes N latitude; 107 degrees 45 minutes W Longitude). The spectrum was measured in the laboratory under a tungsten lamp (directly overhead) with the bare fiber optic head of the ASD FR spectrometer pointed at an approximately 20 degrees off of nadir. Species identification was made by USGS Biologist Larry Gough. The appearance of the mature lichen was noted as "sea green" in color with extensive thick thalli, brown "apothecia", brown spore bodies 2-5mm each over 10% of the surface. The measurement of the lichen was made with it still in place on the surface of a rock (Sample ID = SJ96-LC1).

X Units

cm⁻¹

Y Units

Absorbance

Data Points

2,126