249 species for Avery County |
| family | sciName | comName |
|---|
| Andreiomycetaceae | Andreiomyces morozianus | Moroz' Dust Lichen |
| Arthoniaceae | Arthothelium spectabile | Spectacular Comma Lichen |
| Caliciaceae | Amandinea punctata | Tiny Button Lichen |
| Buellia erubescens | Common Button Lichen |
| Dimelaena oreina | Moonglow Lichen |
| Pyxine caesiopruinosa | Orange Button Rosette Lichen |
| Pyxine sorediata | a mustard lichen |
| Buellia disciformis | Boreal Button Lichen |
| Candelariaceae | Candelariella efflorescens | Powdery Goldspeck |
| Cladoniaceae | Cetradonia linearis | Rock Gnome Lichen |
| Cladonia apodocarpa | Stalkless Cladonia |
| Cladonia arbuscula | reindeer lichen |
| Cladonia mitis | Green Reindeer Lichen |
| Cladonia atlantica | Atlantic Cup Lichen |
| Cladonia chlorophaea | Mealy Pixie-cup |
| Cladonia coccifera | Red Pixie Cup |
| Cladonia coniocraea | Common Powderhorn |
| Cladonia cristatella | British Soldiers |
| Cladonia didyma | Southern Soldiers |
| Cladonia digitata | Finger Pixie-cup Lichen |
| Cladonia dimorphoclada | Prostrate Thorn Cladonia |
| Cladonia fimbriata | Trumpet Lichen |
| Cladonia floerkeana | Devil's Matchsticks |
| Cladonia furcata | Forked Cladonia |
| Cladonia grayi | Gray's Pixie-cup Lichen |
| Cladonia macilenta | Lipstick Powderhorn |
| Cladonia ochrochlora | Smooth-footed Powderhorn |
| Cladonia pleurota | Red-fruited Pixie-cup Lichen |
| Cladonia rangiferina | Gray Reindeer Lichen |
| Cladonia rei | Wand Lichen |
| Cladonia squamosa | Dragon Cladonia |
| Cladonia stipitata | Stipitate Cladonia |
| Cladonia stygia | Styx Black-footed Reindeer Lichen |
| Cladonia subcariosa | Peg Lichen |
| Cladonia submitis | Dune Reindeer Lichen |
| Cladonia subtenuis | Dixie Reindeer Lichen |
| Cladonia uncialis | Thorn Cladonia |
| Cladonia verticillata | Ladder Lichen |
| Pycnothelia papillaria | Gnome Fingers |
| Coccocarpiaceae | Coccocarpia palmicola | Salted Shell Lichen |
| Collemataceae | Collema flaccidum | Flaking Tarpaper Lichen |
| Collema nigrescens | Broadleaf Blistered Jelly Lichen |
| Leptogium corticola | Blistered Jellyskin Lichen |
| Leptogium cyanescens | Blue Jellyskin Lichen |
| Leptogium hirsutum | Hairy Jellyskin |
| Scytinium lichenoides | Tattered Jellyskin |
| Cyphobasidiaceae | Cyphobasidium hypogymniicola | Loop Lichen Cyphobasidium |
| Fuscideaceae | Fuscidea appalachensis | Appalachian Quilt Lichen |
| Fuscidea recensa var. arcuatula | a quilt lichen |
| Gomphillaceae | Tricharia santessonii | Santesson's Tricharia |
| Graphidaceae | Graphis scripta | Common Script Lichen |
| Graphis endoxantha | Fluted Script Lichen |
| Icmadophilaceae | Dibaeis baeomyces | Pink Earth Lichen |
| Lecanoraceae | Japewiella dollypartoniana | Dolly Parton Lichen |
| Lecanora allophana | Brown-eyed Rim Lichen |
| Lecanora argentata | rim lichen |
| Lecanora chlarotera | Brown Rim Lichen |
| Lecanora cinereofusca | Beaded Rim Lichen |
| Lecanora hybocarpa | Bumpy Rim Lichen |
| Lecanora masana | Masa's Dots |
| Lecanora strobilina | Mealy Rim Lichen |
| Lecanora symmicta | Fused Rim Lichen |
| Lecanora varia | Greenish-yellow Rim Lichen |
| Lecanora wisconsinensis | Wisconsin Rim Lichen |
| Lecanora layana | Lay's Rim Lichen |
| Lecanora argentea | a rim lichen |
| Lecanora darlingiae | Darling's Rim Lichen |
| Myriolecis dispersa | Mortar Rim Lichen |
| Lecanora plumosa | Plumose Rim Lichen |
| Lecanora albella | White Rim Lichen |
| Lecideaceae | Porpidia cinereoatra | Dark Gray Boulder Lichen |
| Porpidia crustulata | Concentric Boulder Lichen |
| Porpidia degelii | Degelius' Boulder Lichen |
| Lecidea tessellata | Mosaic Tile Lichen |
| Leprocaulaceae | Halecania pepegospora | a dot lichen |
| Lichinaceae | Phylliscum demangeonii | Black Rock-wafer Lichen |
| Megasporaceae | Aspicilia cinerea | Cinder Lichen |
| Mycoporaceae | Mycoporum compositum | Composite Perithecial Lichen |
| Ochrolechiaceae | Lepra amara | Bitter Wart Lichen |
| Lepra andersoniae | Glady's Mountain Spikes |
| Lepra multipunctoides | Dotted Fluff-wart Lichen |
| Lepra trachythallina | Powdered Wart Lichen |
| Ochrolechia mahluensis | Mahlu Ochrolechia |
| Opegraphaceae | Opegrapha moroziana | Moroz' Scribble Lichen |
| Pannariaceae | Fuscopannaria leucosticta | White-rimmed Shingle Lichen |
| Pannaria rubiginosa | Brown-eyed Shingle Lichen |
| Parmeliella appalachensis | Appalachian Shingle Lichen |
| Rockefellera crossophylla | Old Gray Crosslobes |
| Parmeliaceae | Anzia colpodes | Black Fringe Foam Lichen |
| Arctoparmelia incurva | Finger Ring Lichen |
| Bryoria furcellata | Burred Horsehair Lichen |
| Bryoria nadvornikiana | Spiny Gray Horsehair Lichen |
| Cetraria arenaria | Sand-loving Iceland Lichen |
| Cetraria islandica | Iceland Moss |
| Cetraria laevigata | Striped Iceland Lichen |
| Cetrelia cetrarioides | Downside Sea-storm Lichen |
| Cetrelia chicitae | Chicita's Sea-storm Lichen |
| Cetrelia monachorum | Monastic Seastorm Lichen |
| Cetrelia olivetorum | Olive Sea-storm Lichen |
| Flavoparmelia baltimorensis | Rock Greenshield Lichen |
| Flavoparmelia caperata | Common Greenshield Lichen |
| Flavopunctelia flaventior | Speckled Greenshield Lichen |
| Hypogymnia enteromorpha | Budding Tube Lichen |
| Hypogymnia krogiae | Freckled Tube Lichen |
| Hypogymnia physodes | Monk's Hood Lichen |
| Hypogymnia tubulosa | Powder-headed Tube Lichen |
| Hypogymnia vittata | Brownish Monk's-Hood Lichen |
| Hypotrachyna catawbiensis | Powder-tipped Antler Lichen |
| Hypotrachyna croceopustulata | Yellow-cored Loop Lichen |
| Hypotrachyna gondylophora | loop lichen |
| Hypotrachyna horrescens | Hairy-spined Shield Lichen |
| Hypotrachyna imbricatula | loop lichen |
| Hypotrachyna livida | Wrinkled Loop Lichen |
| Hypotrachyna minarum | Hairless-spined Shield Lichen |
| Hypotrachyna prolongata | loop lichen |
| Hypotrachyna revoluta | loop lichen |
| Hypotrachyna thysanota | loop lichen |
| Hypotrachyna virginica | Virginia Loop Lichen |
| Imshaugia aleurites | Salted Starburst Lichen |
| Melanelia stygia | Alpine Camouflage Lichen |
| Melanohalea halei | Appalachian Tree Camouflage Lichen |
| Menegazzia subsimilis | Tree Flute Lichen |
| Menegazzia terebrata | Port-hole Lichen |
| Myelochroa aurulenta | Powdery Axil-bristle Lichen |
| Myelochroa galbina | Smooth Axil-bristle Lichen |
| Parmelia omphalodes | Smoky Shield Lichen |
| Parmelia saxatilis | Salted Shield Lichen |
| Parmelia squarrosa | Bottlebrush Shield Lichen |
| Parmelia sulcata | Hammered Shield Lichen |
| Parmotrema arnoldii | Arnold's Ruffle Lichen |
| Parmotrema crinitum | Salted Ruffle Lichen |
| Parmotrema perlatum | Powdered Ruffle Lichen |
| Parmotrema reticulatum | Reticulated Ruffle Lichen |
| Parmotrema simulans | ruffle lichen |
| Parmotrema subisidiosum | Salted Ruffle Lichen |
| Platismatia glauca | Varied Rag Lichen |
| Platismatia tuckermanii | Crumpled Rag Lichen |
| Pseudevernia cladonia | Ghost Antler Lichen |
| Pseudevernia consocians | Common Antler Lichen |
| Punctelia appalachensis | Appalachian Speckled Shield Lichen |
| Punctelia bolliana | Eastern Speckled ShieldLlichen |
| Punctelia caseana | Case's Speckled Shield Lichen |
| Punctelia missouriensis | Missouri Speckled Shield Lichen |
| Punctelia rudecta | Rough Speckled Shield Lichen |
| Tuckermannopsis americana | Fringed Wrinkle Lichen |
| Tuckermannopsis ciliaris | Fringed Wrinkle Lichen |
| Usnea angulata | Old Man's Beard |
| Usnea ceratina | Warty Beard Lichen |
| Usnea cornuta | Inflated Beard Lichen |
| Usnea dasaea | beard lichen |
| Usnea dasopoga | Fishbone Beard Lichen |
| Usnea endochrysea | Bushy Beard Lichen |
| Usnea fragilis | Inner Violet Beard Lichen |
| Usnea halei | Hale's Beard Lichen |
| Usnea rubicunda | Red Beard Lichen |
| Usnea strigosa | Bushy Beard Lichen |
| Usnea subfloridana | Nit Beard Lichen |
| Usnea subfusca | Bushy Beard Lichen |
| Usnea subgracilis | Silken Beard Lichen |
| Usnea trichodea | Bony Beard Lichen |
| Usnocetraria oakesiana | Yellow Ribbon Lichen |
| Xanthoparmelia conspersa | Peppered Rock Shield |
| Xanthoparmelia monticola | Mountain Rock-shield |
| Xanthoparmelia plittii | Plitt's Rock-shield |
| Xanthoparmelia stenophylla | Palomino Rock Shield Lichen |
| Bryoria americana | American Horsehair Lichen |
| Bryoria trichodes | Inelegant Horsehair Lichen |
| Hypotrachyna lividescens | loop lichen |
| Hypotrachyna britannica | British Loop Lichen |
| Hypotrachyna mcmulliniana | McMullin's Loop Lichen |
| Parmelia neodiscordans | Appalachian Shield Lichen |
| Usnea schadenbergiana | Silken Beard Lichen |
| Usnea wasmuthii | beard lichen |
| Usnea chicitae | Chicita's Beard Lichen |
| Peltigeraceae | Lobaria pulmonaria | Common Lungwort |
| Lobarina scrobiculata | Textured Lungwort |
| Nephroma helveticum | Fringed Kidney Lichen |
| Nephroma resupinatum | Pimpled Kidney Lichen |
| Peltigera aphthosa | Common Freckle Pelt |
| Peltigera canina | Dog Lichen |
| Peltigera horizontalis | Flat Fruit Pelt Lichen |
| Peltigera hydrothyria | Eastern Waterfan |
| Peltigera phyllidiosa | Phyllidiose Pelt Lichen |
| Peltigera polydactylon | Many-fingered Pelt Lichen |
| Peltigera rufescens | Rufous Pelt Lichen |
| Peltigera seneca | Seneca Pelt Lichen |
| Ricasolia quercizans | Smooth Lungwort |
| Sticta beauvoisii | Fingered Moon Lichen |
| Sticta fuliginosa | Peppered Moon Lichen |
| Sticta sylvatica | Forest Moon Lichen |
| Pertusariaceae | Pertusaria globularis | Ballhead Wart Lichen |
| Pertusaria macounii | Macoun's Wart Lichen |
| Phlyctidaceae | Phlyctis petraea | Rock Whitewash Lichen |
| Physciaceae | Anaptychia palmulata | Shaggy Fringe Lichen |
| Polyblastidium neglectum | Neglected Fringe Lichen |
| Heterodermia obscurata | Orange-bellied Fringe Lichen |
| Heterodermia squamulosa | Scaly Fringe Lichen |
| Leucodermia appalachensis | Appalachian Fringe Lichen |
| Leucodermia leucomelos | Elegant Fringe Lichen |
| Phaeophyscia adiastola | Powder-tipped Shadow Lichen |
| Phaeophyscia pusilloides | Pom Pom Shadow Lichen |
| Phaeophyscia rubropulchra | Orange-cored Shadow Lichen |
| Physcia americana | Powdery Rosette Lichen |
| Physcia stellaris | Star Rosette Lichen |
| Physcia thomsoniana | Thomson's Rosette Lichen |
| Rinodina efflorescens | Greenish-brown Pepper-spore Lichen |
| Rinodina subminuta | Subminute Pepper-spore Lichen |
| Pilocarpaceae | Micarea pycnidiophora | Pycnidiate Dot Lichen |
| Schadonia saulskellyana | Mary Sauls Kelly's Dots |
| Pyrenulaceae | Pyrenula pseudobufonia | Eastern Pox Lichen |
| Pyrenula punctella | Beech Pox Lichen |
| Ramalinaceae | Bacidia schweinitzii | Surprise Lichen |
| Bacidia suffusa | dotted lichen |
| Biatora appalachensis | Appalachian Dotted Lichen |
| Biatora pontica | Black Sea Dot Lichen |
| Catinaria atropurpurea | a dot lichen |
| Ramalina americana | Sinewed Bush Lichen |
| Ramalina culbersoniorum | Southern Cartilage Lichen |
| Ramalina intermedia | Intermediate Cartilage Lichen |
| Ramalina labiosorediata | Powdery Twig Lichen |
| Ramalina sinensis | Fan Ramalina |
| Ramboldiaceae | Buellia subnexa | a button lichen |
| Rhizocarpaceae | Rhizocarpon geographicum | Yellow Map Lichen |
| Rhizocarpon grande | Large Map Lichen |
| Rhizocarpon subgeminatum | a map lichen |
| Roccellaceae | Psoronactis dilleniana | Psoronactis Lichen |
| Sarrameanaceae | Loxospora ochrophaea | Eastern Ragged-Rim Lichen |
| Stereocaulaceae | Lepraria finkii | Fluffy Dust Lichen |
| Lepraria neglecta | Zoned Dust Lichen |
| Stereocaulon dactylophyllum | Finger-scale Foam Lichen |
| Stereocaulon pileatum | Pixie Foam Lichen |
| Stictidaceae | Stictis urceolatum | Can of Worms Lichen |
| Teloschistaceae | Squamulea subsoluta | Squamulose Firedot Lichen |
| Tephromelataceae | Tephromela atra | Black-eye Lichen |
| Mycoblastus sanguinarius | Bloody Heart Lichen |
| Violella fucata | Inner Violet Lichen |
| Mycoblastus sanguinarioides | Inspersed Blood Lichen |
| Trapeliaceae | Trapelia stipitata | Stipitate Pebble Lichen |
| Trapeliopsis granulosa | Granular Mottled-Disk Lichen |
| Trapeliopsis viridescens | Green Mottled-disk Lichen |
| Trypetheliaceae | Viridothelium virens | Speckled Blister Lichen |
| Umbilicariaceae | Umbilicaria caroliniana | Carolina Toadskin |
| Umbilicaria papulosa | Common Toadskin |
| Umbilicaria pensylvanica | Pennsylvania Toadskin |
| Umbilicaria mammulata | Smooth Rock Tripe |
| Umbilicaria muhlenbergii | Muhlenberg's Rock Tripe |
| Umbilicaria vellea | Grizzled Rocktripe |
| Verrucariaceae | Dermatocarpon miniatum | Lesser Stippleback Lichen |
| Normandina pulchella | Elf-eared Lichen |