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Coenogonium implexum Nyl.
Coenogoniaceae

Coenogonium implexum Nyl.

Coenogonium implexum Nyl.

Coenogonium implexum is a yellow-green byssoid lichen found in Australia, first described in 1862.

Coenogonium pineti (Ach.) Lücking & Lumbsch
Coenogoniaceae

Coenogonium pineti (Ach.) Lücking & Lumbsch

Coenogonium pineti (Ach.) Lücking & Lumbsch

Coenogonium pineti is a widespread crustose lichen that likely contains multiple unrecognized cryptic species.

Diploschistes scruposus (Schreb.) Norman
Graphidaceae

Diploschistes scruposus (Schreb.) Norman

Diploschistes scruposus (Schreb.) Norman

Diploschistes scruposus, the crater lichen, is a common worldwide crustose lichen that grows on siliceous rock.

Diploschistes muscorum (Scop.) R.Sant.
Graphidaceae

Diploschistes muscorum (Scop.) R.Sant.

Diploschistes muscorum (Scop.) R.Sant.

Diploschistes muscorum is a cosmopolitan fungus species in the family Graphidaceae.

Graphis scripta (L.) Ach.
Graphidaceae

Graphis scripta (L.) Ach.

Graphis scripta (L.) Ach.

Graphis scripta is a lichen species distinguished by its script-like, dry-exposed apothecia and characteristic spore traits.

Thelotrema lepadinum (Ach.) Ach.
Graphidaceae

Thelotrema lepadinum (Ach.) Ach.

Thelotrema lepadinum (Ach.) Ach.

Thelotrema lepadinum is a crustose lichen, common in North America, used as an ancient woodland indicator in Britain and Ireland.

Glyphis cicatricosa Ach.
Graphidaceae

Glyphis cicatricosa Ach.

Glyphis cicatricosa Ach.

Glyphis cicatricosa is a pantropical crustose lichen in the family Graphidaceae found across multiple tropical and subtropical regions.

Dyplolabia afzelii (Ach.) A.Massal.
Graphidaceae

Dyplolabia afzelii (Ach.) A.Massal.

Dyplolabia afzelii (Ach.) A.Massal.

Dyplolabia afzelii is a lichen species with distinct structural traits, containing lecanoric acid, found across multiple global regions.

Xalocoa ocellata (Fr.) Kraichak, Lücking & Lumbsch
Graphidaceae

Xalocoa ocellata (Fr.) Kraichak, Lücking & Lumbsch

Xalocoa ocellata (Fr.) Kraichak, Lücking & Lumbsch

Xalocoa ocellata is a crustose lichen with distinct features and nearly cosmopolitan Mediterranean climate distribution.

Porina heterospora (Fink) R.C.Harris
Pertusariaceae

Porina heterospora (Fink) R.C.Harris

Porina heterospora (Fink) R.C.Harris

Porina heterospora is a bark-dwelling crustose lichen in Porinaceae found in the southeastern US Southern Coastal Plain.

Phlyctis argena (Ach.) Flot.
Phlyctidaceae

Phlyctis argena (Ach.) Flot.

Phlyctis argena (Ach.) Flot.

Phlyctis argena is a widespread, acidophilic crustose lichen that grows mostly as an epiphyte on deciduous tree bark.

Phlyctis petraea R.C.Harris, Musc., Ladd & Lendemer
Phlyctidaceae

Phlyctis petraea R.C.Harris, Musc., Ladd & Lendemer

Phlyctis petraea R.C.Harris, Musc., Ladd & Lendemer

Phlyctis petraea is a widespread eastern North American rock-dwelling crustose lichen rated least concern by the IUCN.

Baeomyces rufus (Huds.) Rebent.
Baeomycetaceae

Baeomyces rufus (Huds.) Rebent.

Baeomyces rufus (Huds.) Rebent.

Baeomyces rufus is the most common beret or cap lichen, found across circumpolar regions in mountainous southern areas, preferring shaded moist sites.

Baeomyces heteromorphus Nyl. ex C.Bab. & Mitt.
Baeomycetaceae

Baeomyces heteromorphus Nyl. ex C.Bab. & Mitt.

Baeomyces heteromorphus Nyl. ex C.Bab. & Mitt.

Baeomyces heteromorphus is a widely distributed lichen found across Australia, New Zealand and nearby South Pacific and subantarctic areas.

Arctomia fascicularis (L.) Otálora & Wedin
Arctomiaceae

Arctomia fascicularis (L.) Otálora & Wedin

Arctomia fascicularis (L.) Otálora & Wedin

Arctomia fascicularis is a cyanolichen that grows on old tree bark, has declined and is near-threatened in Britain.

Loxospora ochrophaea (Tuck.) R.C.Harris
Sarrameanaceae

Loxospora ochrophaea (Tuck.) R.C.Harris

Loxospora ochrophaea (Tuck.) R.C.Harris

Loxospora ochrophaea is a crusty North American lichen that grows on bark, containing two distinct secondary compounds.

Placopsis lambii Hertel & V.Wirth
Trapeliaceae

Placopsis lambii Hertel & V.Wirth

Placopsis lambii Hertel & V.Wirth

Placopsis lambii is a widespread scattered, rock-dwelling crustose lichen in the Trapeliaceae family, first formally described in 1987.

Acarospora fuscata (Ach.) Arnold
Acarosporaceae

Acarospora fuscata (Ach.) Arnold

Acarospora fuscata (Ach.) Arnold

Acarospora fuscata, brown cobblestone lichen, is a sub-squamulose areolate brown lichen that grows on non-calcareous rock in Europe and North America.

Acarospora schleicheri (Ach.) A.Massal.
Acarosporaceae

Acarospora schleicheri (Ach.) A.Massal.

Acarospora schleicheri (Ach.) A.Massal.

Acarospora schleicheri, the soil paint lichen, is a yellow terricolous squamulose lichen found in arid habitats across multiple regions.

Acarospora strigata (Nyl.) Jatta
Acarosporaceae

Acarospora strigata (Nyl.) Jatta

Acarospora strigata (Nyl.) Jatta

Acarospora strigata is a variable brown crustose rock lichen common in North America's southwestern deserts.

Acarospora socialis H.Magn.
Acarosporaceae

Acarospora socialis H.Magn.

Acarospora socialis H.Magn.

Acarospora socialis, bright cobblestone lichen, is a common yellow crustose lichen growing on rock in western North America.

Pleopsidium oxytonum (Ach.) Rabenh.
Acarosporaceae

Pleopsidium oxytonum (Ach.) Rabenh.

Pleopsidium oxytonum (Ach.) Rabenh.

Pleopsidium flavum is a slow-growing bright yellow crustose lichen found on high-elevation felsic rock in western North America.

Ramalina menziesii Taylor
Ramalinaceae

Ramalina menziesii Taylor

Ramalina menziesii Taylor

Ramalina menziesii, the lace lichen, is a common North American Pacific coastal epiphytic lichen with variable net-like morphology.

Ramalina farinacea (L.) Ach.
Ramalinaceae

Ramalina farinacea (L.) Ach.

Ramalina farinacea (L.) Ach.

Ramalina farinacea is a common, pollution-tolerant lichen with morphological and chemical variation across its range

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