136 species for Alamance County |
| family | sciName | comName |
|---|
| Acarosporaceae | Sarcogyne similis | a grain-spored lichen |
| Arthoniaceae | Arthonia quintaria | Five-septate Comma Fungus |
| Arthonia susa | Southeastern Comma Lichen |
| Caliciaceae | Buellia erubescens | Common Button Lichen |
| Buellia mamillana | button lichen |
| Dermiscellum oulocheilum | Catawba River Spotted Lichen |
| Pyxine sorediata | a mustard lichen |
| Candelariaceae | Candelaria concolor | Elfin Candleflame Lichen |
| Candelaria fibrosa | Fringed Candleflame Lichen |
| Chrysotrichaceae | Chrysothrix caesia | Frosted Comma Lichen |
| Chrysothrix insulizans | gold dust lichen |
| Chrysothrix xanthina | Common Gold Dust Lichen |
| Cladoniaceae | Cladonia apodocarpa | Stalkless Cladonia |
| Cladonia caroliniana | Granite Thorn Cladonia |
| Cladonia chlorophaea | Mealy Pixie-cup |
| Cladonia cristatella | British Soldiers |
| Cladonia grayi | Gray's Pixie-cup Lichen |
| Cladonia macilenta | Lipstick Powderhorn |
| Cladonia ochrochlora | Smooth-footed Powderhorn |
| Cladonia parasitica | Fence-rail Cladonia |
| Cladonia peziziformis | Turban Lichen |
| Cladonia ramulosa | Branched Pixie-cup Lichen |
| Cladonia robbinsii | Yellow Tongue Cladonia |
| Cladonia subcariosa | Peg Lichen |
| Cladonia subtenuis | Dixie Reindeer Lichen |
| Cladonia uncialis | Thorn Cladonia |
| Cladonia verticillata | Ladder Lichen |
| Pycnothelia papillaria | Gnome Fingers |
| Collemataceae | Leptogium cyanescens | Blue Jellyskin Lichen |
| Graphidaceae | Diploschistes actinostomus | crater lichen |
| Diploschistes muscorum | Cowpie Lichen |
| Thelotrema subtile | barnacle lichen |
| Hydnaceae | Multiclavula mucida | White Green-Algae Coral |
| Lecanoraceae | Lecanora hybocarpa | Bumpy Rim Lichen |
| Lecanora oreinoides | Sunken Rim Lichen |
| Lecidella carpathica | Carpathian Disk Lichen |
| Lecidella stigmatea | Limestone Disk Lichen |
| Xanthosyne varians | Variegated Dot Lichen |
| Lecanora protervula | Eastern Frosted Rim Lichen |
| Lecideaceae | Porpidia albocaerulescens | Smoky-eyed Boulder Lichen |
| Lichenotheliaceae | Lichenothelia | a rock-inhabiting fungus; a borderline lichen |
| Lichinaceae | Pterygiopsis neglecta | River Crust Lichen |
| Pterygiopsis (Forssellia) sp. | Black Stream Rosette Lichen |
| Megasporaceae | Circinaria caesiocinerea | sunken disk lichen |
| Aspicilia laevata | sunken disk lichen |
| Monoblastiaceae | Anisomeridium carinthiacum | Streamside Punch Lichen |
| Mycoporaceae | Mycoporum compositum | Composite Perithecial Lichen |
| Mycosphaerellaceae | Stigmidium lendemeri | Lendemer's Aspicilia Fungus |
| Stigmidium mycobilimbiae | |
| Ochrolechiaceae | Lepra amara | Bitter Wart Lichen |
| Lepra pustulata | Pustule Crust Lichen |
| Ochrolechia africana | Frosted Saucer Lichen |
| Varicellaria velata | Rimmed Wart Lichen |
| Pannariaceae | Fuscopannaria leucosticta | White-rimmed Shingle Lichen |
| Pannaria tavaresii | Tavares' Matted Lichen |
| Parmeliaceae | Anzia colpodes | Black Fringe Foam Lichen |
| Canoparmelia caroliniana | Carolina Shield Lichen |
| Canoparmelia texana | Texas Shield Lichen |
| Cetrelia chicitae | Chicita's Sea-storm Lichen |
| Flavoparmelia baltimorensis | Rock Greenshield Lichen |
| Flavoparmelia caperata | Common Greenshield Lichen |
| Hypotrachyna croceopustulata | Yellow-cored Loop Lichen |
| Hypotrachyna livida | Wrinkled Loop Lichen |
| Hypotrachyna minarum | Hairless-spined Shield Lichen |
| Imshaugia placorodia | American Starburst Lichen |
| Myelochroa aurulenta | Powdery Axil-bristle Lichen |
| Myelochroa galbina | Smooth Axil-bristle Lichen |
| Myelochroa obsessa | Rock Axil-bristle Lichen |
| Parmelia saxatilis | Salted Shield Lichen |
| Parmelia squarrosa | Bottlebrush Shield Lichen |
| Parmotrema cetratum | ruffle lichen |
| Parmotrema crinitum | Salted Ruffle Lichen |
| Parmotrema hypoleucinum | White Belly Ruffle Lichen |
| Parmotrema hypotropum | Powdered Ruffle Lichen |
| Parmotrema perforatum | Perforated Ruffle Lichen |
| Parmotrema reticulatum | Reticulated Ruffle Lichen |
| Parmotrema subisidiosum | Salted Ruffle Lichen |
| Parmotrema submarginale | Unperforated Ruffle Lichen |
| Parmotrema subtinctorium | Mottled Ruffle Lichen |
| Parmotrema ultralucens | Spotted Ruffle Lichen |
| Punctelia appalachensis | Appalachian Speckled Shield Lichen |
| Punctelia caseana | Case's Speckled Shield Lichen |
| Punctelia missouriensis | Missouri Speckled Shield Lichen |
| Punctelia rudecta | Rough Speckled Shield Lichen |
| Tuckermanella fendleri | Dwarf Wrinkle Lichen |
| Tuckermannopsis ciliaris | Fringed Wrinkle Lichen |
| Usnea amblyoclada | Rock Beard Lichen |
| Usnea halei | Hale's Beard Lichen |
| Usnea mutabilis | Bloody Beard Lichen |
| Usnea strigosa | Bushy Beard Lichen |
| Vulpicida viridis | Hidden Sunshine Lichen |
| Xanthoparmelia conspersa | Peppered Rock Shield |
| Xanthoparmelia piedmontensis | Piedmont Rock-shield |
| Xanthoparmelia plittii | Plitt's Rock-shield |
| Peltigeraceae | Lobarina scrobiculata | Textured Lungwort |
| Peltigera phyllidiosa | Phyllidiose Pelt Lichen |
| Ricasolia quercizans | Smooth Lungwort |
| Sticta carolinensis | Carolina Moon Lichen |
| Pertusariaceae | Pertusaria epixantha | Yellow-tipped Wart Lichen |
| Pertusaria ostiolata | Pore Wart Lichen |
| Pertusaria paratuberculifera | Spotted Wart Lichen |
| Pertusaria plittiana | Rock Wart Lichen |
| Pertusaria tetrathalamia | wart lichen |
| Pertusaria texana | Texas Wart Lichen |
| Phlyctidaceae | Phlyctis petraea | Rock Whitewash Lichen |
| Phylliscaceae | Peltula zahlbruckneri | Zahlbruckner's Rock Olive |
| Physciaceae | Anaptychia palmulata | Shaggy Fringe Lichen |
| Polyblastidium albicans | White Fringe Lichen |
| Heterodermia granulifera | Granular Fringe Lichen |
| Heterodermia obscurata | Orange-bellied Fringe Lichen |
| Heterodermia speciosa | Powdered Fringe Lichen |
| Phaeophyscia rubropulchra | Orange-cored Shadow Lichen |
| Physcia americana | Powdery Rosette Lichen |
| Physcia millegrana | Mealy Rosette Lichen |
| Physcia pumilior | Spotted Rosette Lichen |
| Physcia subtilis | Slender Rosette Lichen |
| Rinodina fimbriata | Streamside Pepper-spored Lichen |
| Rinodina moziana | a pepper-spored lichen |
| Porinaceae | Pseudosagedia cestrensis | Bark Bruise Lichen |
| Ramalinaceae | Bacidia schweinitzii | Surprise Lichen |
| Ramalina culbersoniorum | Southern Cartilage Lichen |
| Bilimbia fuscoviridis | Green Fluffy Creek Lichen |
| Stereocaulaceae | Lepraria finkii | Fluffy Dust Lichen |
| Stictidaceae | Stictis urceolatum | Can of Worms Lichen |
| Teloschistaceae | Huneckia pollinii | firedot lichen |
| Gyalolechia flavovirescens | Sulfur Firedot |
| Squamulea subsoluta | Squamulose Firedot Lichen |
| Trypetheliaceae | Arthopyrenia fallaciosa | White Pyrenofungus |
| Umbilicariaceae | Umbilicaria papulosa | Common Toadskin |
| Umbilicaria mammulata | Smooth Rock Tripe |
| Uncertain | Lichenodiplis lecanorae | a rim lichen fungus |
| Verrucariaceae | Dermatocarpon luridum | Streamside Stippleback Lichen |
| Endocarpon pallidulum | Pallid Stippled Lichen |
| Flakea papillata | The Thing |
| Verrucaria cernaensis | Cracked Speck Lichen |
| Xanthopyreniaceae | Collemopsidium angermannicum | Angermann's River Tar Lichen |