300 species for Buncombe County |
| family | sciName | comName |
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| Acarosporaceae | Acarospora fuscata | Brown Cobblestone Lichen |
| Acarospora sinopica | Orange Cobblestone Lichen |
| Arthoniaceae | Inoderma epigaeum | Epigeal Clot Lichen |
| Baeomycetaceae | Baeomyces rufus | Brown Beret Lichen |
| Bionectriaceae | Nectriopsis rubefaciens | a lichenicolous fungus |
| Caliciaceae | Amandinea punctata | Tiny Button Lichen |
| Baculifera curtisii | Curtis' Button Lichen |
| Dimelaena oreina | Moonglow Lichen |
| Pyxine sorediata | a mustard lichen |
| Candelariaceae | Candelaria concolor | Elfin Candleflame Lichen |
| Candelaria fibrosa | Fringed Candleflame Lichen |
| Candelariella efflorescens | Powdery Goldspeck |
| Candelariella xanthostigmoides | goldspeck lichen |
| Carbonicolaceae | Carbonicola anthracophila | Small Clam Lichen |
| Chrysotrichaceae | Chrysothrix xanthina | Common Gold Dust Lichen |
| Cladoniaceae | Cetradonia linearis | Rock Gnome Lichen |
| Cladonia apodocarpa | Stalkless Cladonia |
| Cladonia arbuscula | reindeer lichen |
| Cladonia caespiticia | Stubby-stalked Cladonia |
| Cladonia cenotea | Powdered Funnel Lichen |
| Cladonia chlorophaea | Mealy Pixie-cup |
| Cladonia coccifera | Red Pixie Cup |
| Cladonia coniocraea | Common Powderhorn |
| Cladonia cristatella | British Soldiers |
| Cladonia cryptochlorophaea | Hidden Mealy Pixie-cup Lichen |
| Cladonia cylindrica | Cylindrical Powderhorn |
| Cladonia didyma | Southern Soldiers |
| Cladonia digitata | Finger Pixie-cup Lichen |
| Cladonia fimbriata | Trumpet Lichen |
| Cladonia floerkeana | Devil's Matchsticks |
| Cladonia furcata | Forked Cladonia |
| Cladonia gracilis | Smooth Cladonia |
| Cladonia grayi | Gray's Pixie-cup Lichen |
| Cladonia incrassata | Powder-foot British Soldiers |
| Cladonia macilenta | Lipstick Powderhorn |
| Cladonia mateocyatha | Mixed-up Pixie Cups |
| Cladonia ochrochlora | Smooth-footed Powderhorn |
| Cladonia parasitica | Fence-rail Cladonia |
| Cladonia peziziformis | Turban Lichen |
| Cladonia pleurota | Red-fruited Pixie-cup Lichen |
| Cladonia pyxidata | Pebbled Pyxie-cup Lichen |
| Cladonia ramulosa | Branched Pixie-cup Lichen |
| Cladonia rangiferina | Gray Reindeer Lichen |
| Cladonia rei | Wand Lichen |
| Cladonia squamosa | Dragon Cladonia |
| Cladonia strepsilis | Olive Cladonia |
| Cladonia stygia | Styx Black-footed Reindeer Lichen |
| Cladonia subcariosa | Peg Lichen |
| Cladonia subtenuis | Dixie Reindeer Lichen |
| Cladonia uncialis | Thorn Cladonia |
| Cladonia verticillata | Ladder Lichen |
| Pycnothelia papillaria | Gnome Fingers |
| Cladonia crispata | Greater Organ Pipe Lichen |
| Clavulinaceae | Multiclavula mucida | White Green-Algae Coral |
| Coccocarpiaceae | Coccocarpia palmicola | Salted Shell Lichen |
| Collemataceae | Collema flaccidum | Flaking Tarpaper Lichen |
| Collema furfuraceum | Effervescent Tarpaper Lichen |
| Collema nigrescens | Broadleaf Blistered Jelly Lichen |
| Collema subflaccidum | Tree Jelly Lichen |
| Enchylium conglomeratum | Dotted Jelly Lichen |
| Leptogium azureum | Blue Jellyskin |
| Leptogium chloromelum | Ruffled Jellyskin |
| Leptogium corticola | Blistered Jellyskin Lichen |
| Leptogium cyanescens | Blue Jellyskin Lichen |
| Leptogium hirsutum | Hairy Jellyskin |
| Leptogium laceroides | jellyskin |
| Leptogium milligranum | Stretched Jellyskin |
| Gomphillaceae | Gyalideopsis moodyae | Moody's Gyalideopsis |
| Graphidaceae | Graphis scripta | Common Script Lichen |
| Allographa sterlingiana | Mount Sterling Script Lichen |
| Hygrophoraceae | Lichenomphalia hudsoniana | Hudsonian Mushroom Lichen |
| Icmadophilaceae | Dibaeis absoluta | Pink Dot Lichen |
| Dibaeis baeomyces | Pink Earth Lichen |
| Lecanoraceae | Japewiella dollypartoniana | Dolly Parton Lichen |
| Lecanora argentata | rim lichen |
| Lecanora caesiorubella | Frosted Rim Lichen |
| Lecanora cinereofusca | Beaded Rim Lichen |
| Lecanora hybocarpa | Bumpy Rim Lichen |
| Lecanora masana | Masa's Dots |
| Lecanora pulicaris | Common Rim Lichen |
| Lecanora rugosella | Rugose Rim Lichen |
| Lecanora strobilina | Mealy Rim Lichen |
| Lecanora wisconsinensis | Wisconsin Rim Lichen |
| Lecanora albella | White Rim Lichen |
| Lecideaceae | Lecidea cyrtidia | a tile lichen |
| Porpidia albocaerulescens | Smoky-eyed Boulder Lichen |
| Porpidia degelii | Degelius' Boulder Lichen |
| Porpidia macrocarpa | Big-fruited Boulder Lichen |
| Lecidea tessellata | Mosaic Tile Lichen |
| Lichenoconiaceae | Abrothallus hypotrachynae | Loop Lichen Fungus |
| Abrothallus parmeliarum | Shield Lichen Fungus |
| Megasporaceae | Circinaria caesiocinerea | sunken disk lichen |
| Ochrolechiaceae | Lepra amara | Bitter Wart Lichen |
| Lepra commutata | a powdered wart lichen |
| Lepra multipunctoides | Dotted Fluff-wart Lichen |
| Lepra pustulata | Pustule Crust Lichen |
| Ochrolechia trochophora | Rosy Saucer Lichen |
| Ochrolechia yasudae | Coral Saucer Lichen |
| Pannariaceae | Fuscopannaria leucosticta | White-rimmed Shingle Lichen |
| Pannaria conoplea | Mealy-rimmed Shingle Lichen |
| Pannaria rubiginosa | Brown-eyed Shingle Lichen |
| Pannaria subfusca | matted lichen |
| Pannaria tavaresii | Tavares' Matted Lichen |
| Parmeliella corallinoides | Coral Shingle Lichen |
| Parmeliella pannosa | a shingle lichen |
| Parmeliella triptophylla | Black-bordered Shingle Lichen |
| Parmeliaceae | Ahtiana aurescens | Eastern Candlewax Lichen |
| Alectoria fallacina | Bubbling Witches Hair |
| Anzia colpodes | Black Fringe Foam Lichen |
| Bryoria bicolor | Electric Horsehair Lichen |
| Bryoria furcellata | Burred Horsehair Lichen |
| Bryoria nadvornikiana | Spiny Gray Horsehair Lichen |
| Canoparmelia caroliniana | Carolina Shield 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 physodes | Monk's Hood Lichen |
| Hypogymnia tubulosa | Powder-headed Tube Lichen |
| Hypotrachyna afrorevoluta | Pustulate Revolute Loop Lichen |
| Hypotrachyna catawbiensis | Powder-tipped Antler Lichen |
| Hypotrachyna croceopustulata | Yellow-cored Loop Lichen |
| Hypotrachyna dentella | loop lichen |
| Hypotrachyna horrescens | Hairy-spined Shield Lichen |
| Hypotrachyna imbricatula | loop lichen |
| Hypotrachyna livida | Wrinkled Loop Lichen |
| Hypotrachyna minarum | Hairless-spined Shield Lichen |
| Hypotrachyna oostingii | Oosting's Loop Lichen |
| Hypotrachyna prolongata | loop lichen |
| Hypotrachyna pseudosinuosa | loop lichen |
| Hypotrachyna revoluta | loop lichen |
| Hypotrachyna rockii | loop lichen |
| Hypotrachyna showmanii | Showman's Loop Lichen |
| Hypotrachyna taylorensis | Taylor's Loop Lichen |
| Hypotrachyna thysanota | loop lichen |
| Hypotrachyna virginica | Virginia Loop Lichen |
| Imshaugia aleurites | Salted Starburst Lichen |
| Imshaugia placorodia | American Starburst Lichen |
| Melanelia stygia | Alpine Camouflage Lichen |
| Melanohalea halei | Appalachian Tree Camouflage Lichen |
| Melanohalea olivacea | Spotted 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 |
| Parmeliopsis subambigua | Southern Starburst Lichen |
| Parmotrema arnoldii | Arnold's Ruffle Lichen |
| Parmotrema cetratum | ruffle lichen |
| Parmotrema crinitum | Salted Ruffle Lichen |
| Parmotrema hypotropum | Powdered Ruffle Lichen |
| Parmotrema margaritatum | ruffle lichen |
| Parmotrema mellissii | Melliss' Ruffle Lichen |
| Parmotrema perforatum | Perforated Ruffle Lichen |
| Parmotrema perlatum | Powdered Ruffle Lichen |
| Parmotrema reticulatum | Reticulated Ruffle Lichen |
| Parmotrema simulans | ruffle lichen |
| Parmotrema stuppeum | Powder-Edged Ruffle Lichen |
| Parmotrema subisidiosum | Salted Ruffle Lichen |
| Parmotrema submarginale | Unperforated Ruffle Lichen |
| Parmotrema subtinctorium | Mottled 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 borreri | speckled shield lichen |
| Punctelia caseana | Case's Speckled Shield Lichen |
| Punctelia perreticulata | Powdered Speckleback Lichen |
| Punctelia reddenda | Scottish Speckled Shield Lichen |
| Punctelia rudecta | Rough Speckled Shield Lichen |
| Tuckermanella fendleri | Dwarf Wrinkle Lichen |
| Tuckermannopsis americana | Fringed Wrinkle Lichen |
| Tuckermannopsis ciliaris | Fringed Wrinkle Lichen |
| Tuckermannopsis orbata | Variable Wrinkle Lichen |
| Usnea angulata | Old Man's Beard |
| Usnea ceratina | Warty Beard Lichen |
| Usnea cornuta | Inflated Beard Lichen |
| Usnea merrillii | Beaded Beard Lichen |
| Usnea mutabilis | Bloody Beard Lichen |
| Usnea occidentalis | Western 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 subscabrosa | Horny Beard Llichen |
| Usnea trichodea | Bony Beard Lichen |
| Usnocetraria oakesiana | Yellow Ribbon Lichen |
| Vulpicida viridis | Hidden Sunshine Lichen |
| Xanthoparmelia angustiphylla | Meager Rock Shield Lichen |
| Xanthoparmelia conspersa | Peppered Rock Shield |
| Xanthoparmelia cumberlandia | Cumberland Rock-shield |
| Xanthoparmelia hypofusca | Lesser Rock Shield Lichen |
| Xanthoparmelia monticola | Mountain Rock-shield |
| Xanthoparmelia plittii | Plitt's Rock-shield |
| Bryoria americana | American Horsehair Lichen |
| Hypotrachyna britannica | British Loop Lichen |
| Hypotrachyna mcmulliniana | McMullin's Loop Lichen |
| Parmelia neodiscordans | Appalachian Shield Lichen |
| Usnea quasirigida | Rigid Beard Lichen |
| Usnea tristis | Bushy Beard Lichen |
| Usnea florida | Witches' Whiskers Lichen |
| Peltigeraceae | Crocodia aurata | Green Specklebelly Lichen |
| Lobaria pulmonaria | Common Lungwort |
| Lobarina scrobiculata | Textured Lungwort |
| Nephroma helveticum | Fringed Kidney Lichen |
| Nephroma parile | Powdery Kidney Lichen |
| Peltigera aphthosa | Common Freckle Pelt |
| Peltigera canina | Dog Lichen |
| Peltigera didactyla | Alternating Pelt Lichen |
| Peltigera evansiana | Peppered Pelt Lichen |
| Peltigera hydrothyria | Eastern Waterfan |
| Peltigera leucophlebia | Ruffled Freckle Pelt Lichen |
| Peltigera polydactylon | Many-fingered Pelt Lichen |
| Peltigera praetextata | Scaly Dog Lichen |
| Peltigera seneca | Seneca Pelt Lichen |
| Pseudocyphellaria epiflavoides | Yellow-tipped Specklebelly Lichen |
| Pseudocyphellaria hawaiiensis | Gilded Specklebelly Lichen |
| Ricasolia quercizans | Smooth Lungwort |
| Sticta beauvoisii | Fingered Moon Lichen |
| Sticta carolinensis | Carolina Moon Lichen |
| Sticta fuliginosa | Peppered Moon Lichen |
| Sticta sylvatica | Forest Moon Lichen |
| Peltigera degenii | Lustrous Pelt Lichen |
| Peltigera extenuata | Sheepish Pelt Lichen |
| Pertusariaceae | Pertusaria consocians | Cedar Wart Lichen |
| Pertusaria globularis | Ballhead Wart Lichen |
| Pertusaria macounii | Macoun's Wart Lichen |
| Pertusaria plittiana | Rock Wart Lichen |
| Pertusaria rubefacta | wart lichen |
| Pertusaria sinusmexicani | Mexican Wart Lichen |
| Phaeococcomycetaceae | Lichenostigma maureri | Maurer's Lichenostigma Fungus |
| Physciaceae | Anaptychia palmulata | Shaggy Fringe Lichen |
| Heterodermia granulifera | Granular Fringe Lichen |
| Polyblastidium neglectum | Neglected Fringe Lichen |
| Heterodermia obscurata | Orange-bellied Fringe Lichen |
| Heterodermia pseudospeciosa | fringe lichen |
| Heterodermia speciosa | Powdered Fringe Lichen |
| Heterodermia squamulosa | Scaly Fringe Lichen |
| Leucodermia leucomelos | Elegant Fringe Lichen |
| Phaeophyscia adiastola | Powder-tipped Shadow Lichen |
| Phaeophyscia hispidula | Whiskered Shadow Lichen |
| Phaeophyscia orbicularis | Mealy Shadow Lichen |
| Phaeophyscia pusilloides | Pom Pom Shadow Lichen |
| Phaeophyscia rubropulchra | Orange-cored Shadow Lichen |
| Phaeophyscia squarrosa | Scaly Shadow Lichen |
| Physcia aipolia | Hoary Rosette Lichen |
| Physcia millegrana | Mealy Rosette Lichen |
| Physcia pseudospeciosa | Celebration Day Rosette Lichen |
| Physcia stellaris | Star Rosette Lichen |
| Polyblastidium hypoleucum | Cupped Fringe Lichen |
| Rinodina buckii | Buck's Pepper-spored Lichen |
| Rinodina chrysidiata | Golden Pepper-spored Lichen |
| Physcia caesia | Blue-Gray Rosette Lichen |
| Pilocarpaceae | Leimonis erratica | Erratic Dot Lichen |
| Placynthiaceae | Placynthium nigrum | Blackthread Lichen |
| Pyrenulaceae | Distopyrenis americana | American Pox Lichen |
| Ramalinaceae | Bacidia schweinitzii | Surprise Lichen |
| Biatora appalachensis | Appalachian Dotted Lichen |
| Ramalina americana | Sinewed Bush Lichen |
| Ramalina culbersoniorum | Southern Cartilage Lichen |
| Ramalina intermedia | Intermediate Cartilage Lichen |
| Ramalina labiosorediata | Powdery Twig Lichen |
| Ramboldiaceae | Ramboldia russula | Southern Crimson Dot Lichen |
| Rhizocarpaceae | Rhizocarpon infernulum f. sylvaticum | Smooth Brown Map Lichen |
| Ropalosporaceae | Ropalospora chlorantha | Comet-spored Lichen |
| Stereocaulaceae | Lepraria cryophila | Cold-loving Dust Lichen |
| Stereocaulon dactylophyllum | Finger-scale Foam Lichen |
| Stereocaulon pileatum | Pixie Foam Lichen |
| Stereocaulon tennesseense | Bony Foam Lichen |
| Teloschistaceae | Lendemeriella reptans | Creeping Lendemer's Lichen |
| Gyalolechia xanthostigmoidea | Crusty Sulfur Lichen |
| Polycauliona polycarpa | Pin-cushion Sunburst Lichen |
| Tephromelataceae | Mycoblastus caesius | Light Blue Blood Lichen |
| Trapeliaceae | Trapeliopsis granulosa | Granular Mottled-Disk 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 |
| Uncertain | Dictyocatenulata alba | a lichenized, synnematous hyphomycete fungus |
| Varicellariaceae | Varicellaria velata | Rimmed Wart Lichen |
| Verrucariaceae | Dermatocarpon miniatum | Lesser Stippleback Lichen |
| Flakea papillata | The Thing |
| Normandina pulchella | Elf-eared Lichen |
| Placidium arboreum | Tree Stipplescale |
| Thelidium zwackhii | Zwackh's Speck Lichen |