Lichens of North Carolina
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317 species for Carteret County

familysciNamecomName
AgyriaceaeAgyrium rufumRufous Dot Fungus
ArthoniaceaeArthonia albovirescensWhite-green Comma Lichen
Arthonia anglicaEnglish Comma Lichen
Arthonia intervenienscomma lichen
Arthonia quintariaFive-septate Comma Fungus
Arthonia subdiffusaSabal Palm Comma Lichen
Coniarthonia pyrrhulared dot lichen
Herpothallon rubrocinctumChristmas Lichen
Arthonia agelasticaHerded Comma Lichen
Arthonia samdykeanaSamuel Dyke's Comma Lichen
Cryptothecia striataStriate Felt Lichen
Coniocarpon cinnabarinumBloody Comma Lichen
BionectriaceaeXenonectriella subimperspicuaa lichenicolous fungus
BrigantieaceaeBrigantiaea leucoxanthaBrick-spored Lichen
CaliciaceaeAmandinea langloisiiLanglois' Button Lichen
Amandinea milliariabutton lichen
Amandinea polysporaMany-spored Button Lichen
Amandinea punctataTiny Button Lichen
Baculifera curtisiiCurtis' Button Lichen
Buellia erubescensCommon Button Lichen
Buellia vernicomabutton lichen
Calicium hyperelloidespin lichen
Ciposia wheeleriWheeler's Button Lichen
Dirinaria aegialitaGrainy Medallion Lichen
Dirinaria confusaWhite Medallion Lichen
Dirinaria frostiiFrosted Medallion Lichen
Dirinaria pictaPowdery Medallion
Pyxine albovirensWhite-green Mustard Lichen
Pyxine caesiopruinosaOrange Button Rosette Lichen
Pyxine subcinereaAshy Mustard Lichen
Buellia parastatabutton lichen
Dirinaria confluensWavy Medallion Lichen
Dirinaria purpurascensPurple-eyed Medallion Lichen
ChrysotrichaceaeChrysothrix chamaecyparicolaWhite Cedar Gold Dust Lichen
Chrysothrix insulizansgold dust lichen
Chrysothrix xanthinaCommon Gold Dust Lichen
CladoniaceaeCladonia anitaeAnita's Cladonia
Cladonia arbusculareindeer lichen
Cladonia mitisGreen Reindeer Lichen
Cladonia atlanticaAtlantic Cup Lichen
Cladonia carolinianaGranite Thorn Cladonia
Cladonia cristatellaBritish Soldiers
Cladonia cryptochlorophaeaHidden Mealy Pixie-cup Lichen
Cladonia didymaSouthern Soldiers
Cladonia dimorphocladaProstrate Thorn Cladonia
Cladonia evansiiPowder Puff Lichen
Cladonia floerkeanaDevil's Matchsticks
Cladonia floridanaBramble Cladonia
Cladonia grayiGray's Pixie-cup Lichen
Cladonia leporinaJester Lichen
Cladonia macilentaLipstick Powderhorn
Cladonia mateocyathaMixed-up Pixie Cups
Cladonia ochrochloraSmooth-footed Powderhorn
Cladonia pachycladodesThick-walled Cladonia
Cladonia perlomeracup lichen
Cladonia petrophilaRock-loving Cladonia
Cladonia peziziformisTurban Lichen
Cladonia rappiiSlender Ladder Lichen
Cladonia santensisSantee Cladonia
Cladonia subcariosaPeg Lichen
Cladonia subradiataPowdery Peg Lichen
Cladonia subsetaceaSandy Cladonia
Cladonia subtenuisDixie Reindeer Lichen
Cladonia verticillataLadder Lichen
Cladonia dimorphaTroubled Pixie Cup
Cladonia simulataBranched Turban Lichen
ClavulinaceaeMulticlavula mucidaWhite Green-Algae Coral
CoccocarpiaceaeCoccocarpia palmicolaSalted Shell Lichen
CoenogoniaceaeCoenogonium luteumOrange Dimple Lichen
Coenogonium pinetiPine Dimple Lichen
CollemataceaeCollema pulcellumBlistered Jelly Lichen
Leptogium austroamericanumSouth American Jellyskin
Leptogium azureumBlue Jellyskin
Leptogium chloromelumRuffled Jellyskin
Leptogium corticolaBlistered Jellyskin Lichen
Leptogium cyanescensBlue Jellyskin Lichen
Leptogium phyllocarpumLeafy Skin Lichen
Leptogium cochleatumCochlear Jellyskin
Leptogium moluccanumMoluccas Jellyskin
ConiocybaceaeChaenotheca brunneolaBrown-headed Stubble Lichen
GraphidaceaeAcanthothecis peplophoraPastry Script Lichen
Allographa lumbricinascript lichen
Diploschistes actinostomuscrater lichen
Dyplolabia afzeliiPowdered Script Lichen
Fissurina alligatorensisAlligator River Fissure Lichen
Fissurina columbinaColumbian Fissure Lichen
Fissurina cypressiCypress Fissure Lichen
Fissurina illiteratafissure lichen
Fissurina insidiosafissure lichen
Fissurina scolecitisfissure lichen
Glyphis cicatricosaBlistered Script Lichen
Glyphis scyphuliferaCupped Script Lichen
Graphis desquamescensscript lichen
Graphis dussiiDuss' Script Lichen
Graphis furcataForked Script Lichen
Graphis libratascript lichen
Graphis lineolaLine Script Lichen
Graphis scriptaCommon Script Lichen
Leiorreuma explicansa script lichen
Leiorreuma sericeuma script lichen
Nadvornikia sorediataNadvornik's Pale Dot Lichen
Phaeographis atromaculatabrown-spored script lichen
Creographa brasiliensis Brazil Brown-spored Script Lichen
Phaeographis dendriticaDendritic brown-spored lichen
Phaeographis inustaCommon Brown-spored Script Lichen
Phaeographis lobataLobed Phaeographis
Phaeographis oricolaCarolina Beach Dots
Sarcographa tricosaWarty Script Lichen
Thelotrema adjectumbarnacle lichen
Pseudochapsa dilatataDilated Barnacle Lichen
Thelotrema lathraeuma barnacle lichen
Thelotrema monospermumSingle-spored Barnacle Lichen
Thelotrema subtilebarnacle lichen
Acanthothecis leucopeplaa white fissure lichen
Graphis chloroticaLemon Script Llichen
Graphis elegansElegant Script Lichen
Allographa hosseiHosse's Script Lichen
Graphis pinicolaPine Script Lichen
Acanthothecis poitaeoidesa fissure lichen
Leiorreuma patelluluma script lichen
Thalloloma cinnabarinumCinnabar Script Lichen
Thalloloma hypoleptuma script lichen
Fissurina leuconephelaWhite Fissure Lichen
GyalectaceaeRamonia microsporaBark Stars
HaematommataceaeHaematomma accolensbloodspot lichen
Haematomma persooniiPersoon's Bloodspot Lichen
Haematomma flexuosumFlexuose Bloodspot Lichen
Haematomma guyanenseGuyana Bloodspot Lichen
LecanographaceaeAlyxoria variaVariable Scribble Lichen
Zwackhia viridisGreen Scribble Lichen
LecanoraceaeLecanora caesiorubellaFrosted Rim Lichen
Lecanora glaucomodesSmooth Frosted Rim Lichen
Lecanora chlaroteraBrown Rim Lichen
Lecanora hybocarpaBumpy Rim Lichen
Lecanora louisianaeLouisiana Rim Lichen
Lecanora nothocaesiellaFalse Dust Lichen
Lecanora strobilinaMealy Rim Lichen
Lecanora variaGreenish-yellow Rim Lichen
Traponora variansVariegated Dot Lichen
Lecanora stramineoalbidaSt. Vincent Rim Lichen
Lecanora albellaWhite Rim Lichen
Lecanora protervulaEastern Frosted Rim Lichen
LichenoconiaceaeAbrothallus parmeliarumShield Lichen Fungus
Abrothallus parmotrematisRuffle Lichen Fungus
MegalosporaceaeMegalospora porphyritisa megalospora lichen
MegasporaceaeMegaspora verrucosaCommon Cement Lichen
MonoblastiaceaeAnisomeridium polyporiMany-pored Punch Lichen
MycocaliciaceaeChaenothecopsis kalbiiKalb's Stubble Fungus
Chaenothecopsis nanastubble fungus
Mycocalicium subtileSnag Stubble Fungus
Sphinctrina tubaeformisWart Lichen Stubble Parasite
MycoporaceaeMycoporum lacteumMilky Mycoporum
NaetrocymbaceaeTomasellia americana
OchrolechiaceaeLepra commutataa powdered wart lichen
Lepra pustulataPustule Crust Lichen
Lepra trachythallinaPowdered Wart Lichen
Ochrolechia africanaFrosted Saucer Lichen
OpegraphaceaeNyungwea anguinellaBrown Scribble Lichen
PannariaceaeStaurolemma carolinianumCarolina Jelly Lichen
ParmeliaceaeBulbothrix isidizaIsidiate Eyelash Lichen
Bulbothrix laevigatulaMatted Eyelash Lichen
Bulbothrix scortellaan eyelash lichen
Canoparmelia carolinianaCarolina Shield Lichen
Flavoparmelia caperataCommon Greenshield Lichen
Hypotrachyna horrescensHairy-spined Shield Lichen
Hypotrachyna lividaWrinkled Loop Lichen
Hypotrachyna minarumHairless-spined Shield Lichen
Hypotrachyna osseoalbaGrainy Loop Lichen
Hypotrachyna spumosaPustuled Shield Lichen
Myelochroa aurulentaPowdery Axil-bristle Lichen
Neoprotoparmelia amerisidiataAmerican Isidiate Neoprotoparmelia
Parmotrema crinitumSalted Ruffle Lichen
Parmotrema dilatatumCracked Ruffle Lichen
Parmotrema dominicanumDominican Ruffle Lichen
Parmotrema gardneriGardner's Ruffle Lichen
Parmotrema hypoleucinumWhite Belly Ruffle Lichen
Parmotrema hypotropumPowdered Ruffle Lichen
Parmotrema internexumruffle lichen
Parmotrema xanthinumYellow Ruffle Lichen
Parmotrema mellissiiMelliss' Ruffle Lichen
Parmotrema neotropicumNeotropical Ruffle Lichen
Parmotrema perforatumPerforated Ruffle Lichen
Parmotrema praesorediosumPowder-crowned Ruffle Lichen
Parmotrema rampoddenseLong-whiskered Ruffle Lichen
Parmotrema reticulatumReticulated Ruffle Lichen
Parmotrema subisidiosumSalted Ruffle Lichen
Parmotrema submarginaleUnperforated Ruffle Lichen
Parmotrema subrigidumCoastal Perforated Ruffle Lichen
Parmotrema tinctorumPalm Ruffle Lichen
Parmotrema ultralucensSpotted Ruffle Lichen
Punctelia rudectaRough Speckled Shield Lichen
Usnea baileyiHollow Beard Lichen
Usnea endochryseaBushy Beard Lichen
Usnea evansiiEvans' Beard Lichen
Usnea mutabilisBloody Beard Lichen
Usnea strigosaBushy Beard Lichen
Usnea subscabrosaHorny Beard Llichen
Hypotrachyna cryptochloraloop lichen
PeltigeraceaeCrocodia aurataGreen Specklebelly Lichen
Emmanuelia raveneliiRavenel's Lungwort
Peltigera caninaDog Lichen
PertusariaceaePertusaria epixanthaYellow-tipped Wart Lichen
Pertusaria leioplacaOstrich Hide Lichen
Pertusaria neoscoticaNova Scotia Pore Lichen
Pertusaria paratuberculiferaSpotted Wart Lichen
Pertusaria propinquawart lichen
Pertusaria pustulataPustulate Wart Lichen
Pertusaria sinusmexicaniMexican Wart Lichen
Pertusaria tetrathalamiawart lichen
Pertusaria texanaTexas Wart Lichen
Pertusaria xanthodesVolcano Wart Lichen
Pertusaria glomeratawart lichen
PhaeococcomycetaceaeEtayoa trypetheliiTrypethelium Fungus
PhlyctidaceaePhlyctis boliviensisBark Whitewash Lichen
PhysciaceaeHeterodermia albicansWhite Fringe Lichen
Heterodermia croceaOrange-bellied Fringe Lichen
Heterodermia galactophyllaBranching Fringe Lichen
Heterodermia granuliferaGranular Fringe Lichen
Heterodermia obscurataOrange-bellied Fringe Lichen
Hyperphyscia syncollaSmooth Shadow-crust Lichen
Leucodermia leucomelosElegant Fringe Lichen
Phaeophyscia rubropulchraOrange-cored Shadow Lichen
Physcia americanaPowdery Rosette Lichen
Physcia atrostriatarosette lichen
Physcia millegranaMealy Rosette Lichen
Physcia sorediosaBlack-bottomed Rosette Lichen
Physcia subtilisSlender Rosette Lichen
Physciella chloanthaCryptic Rosette Lichen
Rinodina maculanspepper-spored lichen
Rinodina oxydataAcidic Pepper-spore Lichen
Rinodina papillatapepper-spored lichen
PilocarpaceaeByssoloma meadiifuzzy rim lichen
Micarea micrococcaMicrodot Micarea Lichen
Micarea neostipitataStipitate Dot Lichen
Micarea prasinaGreen Dot Lichen
Micarea byssaceadot lichen
Micarea soraliferaGreen Dust Lichen
PorinaceaePorina scabrida
Pseudosagedia cestrensisbruise lichen
Pseudosagedia raphidospermaLong-spored Bruise Lichen
Trichothelium americanum
PyrenulaceaeAnthracothecium australiense
Pyrenula anomalapox lichen
Pyrenula concatervanspox lichen
Pyrenula cruentaBark Rash Lichen
Pyrenula leucostomaWhite-spotted Pox Lichen
Pyrenula microcarpaSmall-fruited Pox Lichen
Pyrenula pseudobufoniaEastern Pox Lichen
Pyrenula punctellapox lichen
Pyrenula baliaSantee Pox Lichen
Pyrenula microthecapox lichen
RamalinaceaeBacidia ekmanianaEkman's Dotted Lichen
Bacidia heterochroadotted lichen
Bacidia polychroadotted lichen
Bacidia schweinitziiSurprise Lichen
Bacidina egenuladotted lichen
Phyllopsora confusa
Phyllopsora corallina
Phyllopsora parvifolia
Ramalina americanaSinewed Bush Lichen
Ramalina complanataBumpy Ramalina
Ramalina montagneistrap lichen
Ramalina stenosporastrap lichen
Ramalina willeyiThorny Ramalina
Catillochroma alleniaeAllen's Catillochroma
Bacidia sorediataSorediate Dotted Lichen
Bacidia granosa
Mycoblastus sanguinariusblood lichen
Phyllopsora isidiosa
RamboldiaceaeRamboldia russulaSouthern Crimson Dot Lichen
RoccellaceaeSchismatomma glaucescens
Schismatomma rappii
Mazosia viridescens
SarrameanaceaeLoxospora confusa
ScoliciosporaceaeScoliciosporum pensylvanicum
SpirographaceaeSpirographa fusisporella
StereocaulaceaeHertelidea pseudobotryosa
Lepraria finkiiFluffy Dust Lichen
Lepraria friabilisFriable Dust Lichen
Xyleborus nigricansBlack Caps
Lepraria hodkinsonianaHodkinson's Dust Lichen
StictidaceaeThelopsis corticolaOrange Dust Lichen
Topelia aperiens
Absconditella lignicola
StictographaceaeBuelliella minimula
Buelliella trypethelii
TeloschistaceaeAthallia holocarpafiredot lichen
Flavoplaca citrinaLemon Firedot Lichen
Solitaria chrysophthalma
Teloschistes chrysophthalmusGolden-eye Lichen
Teloschistes flavicansGolden-hair Lichen
Xanthomendoza fulva Bare-bottom Sunburst Lichen
Xanthomendoza weberi Weber's Sunburst Lichen
Flavoplaca flavocitrinaLemon Shingles
TephromelataceaeTephromela atraBlack-eye Lichen
TrapeliaceaePlacynthiella dasaeaa pale dot lichen
Placynthiella icmaleatar-spot lichen
Placynthiella uliginosatar-spot lichen
Trapeliopsis flexuosaFence-rail Lichen
Placynthiella hyporhodatar-spot lichen
TrichotheliaceaeSegestria leptalea
TrypetheliaceaeConstrictolumina cinchonaeQuinine Pyrenolichen
Nigrovothelium tropicum
Viridothelium virensSpeckled Blister Lichen
Arthopyrenia analeptapyrenolichen
Polymeridium quinqueseptatum
UncertainBactrospora lamprospora
Bactrospora carolinensis
Melanographa tribulodes
Minutoexcipula tuckerae
Vouauxiella lichenicola
Catinaria brodoana
Cornutispora lichenicola
Minutoexcipula mariana
VerrucariaceaeAgonimia opuntiella
VezdaeaceaeVezdaea leprosaVezda's Lichen