🍄 Family

Physciaceae

11 species · Fungi

Fungi › Ascomycota › Lecanoromycetes › Caliciales › Physciaceae

Physcia aipolia, the hoary rosette lichen, is a pollution-resistant foliose lichen used as an air quality bioindicator.

Physcia adscendens is a widespread, highly successful lichen that grows on rocks and trees across European urban areas.

Physcia stellaris is a foliose lichen distinguished by its lack of soredia, found on bark and rock in temperate North America and Europe.

Physcia caesia is a widespread foliose lichen that grows on rocks and other substrates, with intermediate air pollution sensitivity.

Physcia millegrana, the mealy rosette lichen, is a common, bark-dwelling foliose lichen found in the eastern United States.

Polyblastidium squamulosum is a corticolous foliose lichen from the Physciaceae family found in North America.

Leucodermia leucomelos is a foliose to fruticose lichen with a broad but uncommon distribution across the Americas, Africa, and Atlantic islands.

Kurokawia palmulata is a foliose lichen endemic to eastern North America and eastern Asia, growing on hardwood bark or rock.

Anaptychia ciliaris is a Northern Hemisphere foliose-fruticose lichen with a history of cosmetic and insect-repelling use.

Physconia muscigena is a foliose cosmopolitan lichen in the Physciaceae family that grows on mosses, small plants, or detritus over soil or rock.

Physciella chloantha is a lichen species that grows on bark or rock, found across North America, Europe, Japan, Pakistan and European Russia.

Related Families

Caliciaceae 15 species

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