Lichens of North Carolina
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316 species for Carteret County

familysciNamecomName
AgyriaceaeAgyrium rufum
ArthoniaceaeArthonia albovirescensWhite-green Comma Lichen
Arthonia anglicaEnglish Comma Lichen
Arthonia intervenienscomma lichen
Arthonia quintariaFive-septate Comma Lichen
Arthonia subdiffusaSabal Palm Comma Lichen
Coniarthonia pyrrhulared dot lichen
Herpothallon rubrocinctumChristmas Lichen
Arthonia agelasticaHerded Comma Lichen
Arthonia samdykeanaSamuel Dyke's Comma Lichen
Cryptothecia striata
Coniocarpon cinnabarinumCinnabar Comma Lichen
BionectriaceaeXenonectriella subimperspicua
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 aegialitamedallion lichen
Dirinaria confusaConfused Medallion Lichen
Dirinaria frostiiFrosted Medallion Lichen
Dirinaria pictaPowdery Medallion
Pyxine albovirensWhite-green Mustard Lichen
Pyxine caesiopruinosamustard lichen
Pyxine subcinereamustard lichen
Buellia parastatabutton lichen
Dirinaria confluensConfluent Medallion Lichen
Dirinaria purpurascensPurple 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 cryptochlorophaeacup 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 dimorpha
Cladonia simulata
ClavulinaceaeMulticlavula mucidaWhite Green-Algae Coral
CoccocarpiaceaeCoccocarpia palmicolaSalted Shell Lichen
CoenogoniaceaeCoenogonium luteumOrange Dimple Lichen
Coenogonium pinetiPine Dimple Lichen
CollemataceaeCollema pulcellum var. 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 cochleatuma jellyskin lichen
Leptogium moluccanumMoluccas Jellyskin
ConiocybaceaeChaenotheca brunneolaBrown-headed Stubble Lichen
GraphidaceaeAcanthothecis peplophoraa fissure 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 sericeum
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 lobataOval Script Lichen
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 leuconephelafissure 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 caesiorubella subsp. glaucomodesa 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 subtilestubble fungus
MycoporaceaeMycoporum lacteum
NaetrocymbaceaeTomasellia americana
OchrolechiaceaeOchrolechia africanaFrosted Saucer Lichen
OpegraphaceaeNyungwea anguinellaBrown Scribble Lichen
PannariaceaeStaurolemma carolinianum
ParmeliaceaeBulbothrix isidiza
Bulbothrix laevigatula
Bulbothrix scortella
Canoparmelia carolinianaCarolina Shield Lichen
Flavoparmelia caperataCommon Greenshield Lichen
Hypotrachyna horrescensHairy-spined Shield Lichen
Hypotrachyna lividaWrinkled Loop Lichen
Hypotrachyna minarumNew Forest Loop Lichen
Hypotrachyna osseoalbaGrainy Loop Lichen
Hypotrachyna spumosaloop lichen
Myelochroa aurulentaPowdery Axil-bristle Lichen
Neoprotoparmelia amerisidiata
Parmotrema crinitumSalted Ruffle Lichen
Parmotrema dilatatumruffle lichen
Parmotrema dominicanumDominican Ruffle Lichen
Parmotrema gardneriGardner's Ruffle Lichen
Parmotrema hypoleucinuma ruffle lichen
Parmotrema hypotropumPowdered Ruffle Lichen
Parmotrema internexumruffle lichen
Parmotrema xanthinumYellow Ruffle Lichen
Parmotrema mellissiiruffle lichen
Parmotrema neotropicumNeotropical Ruffle Lichen
Parmotrema perforatumPerforated Ruffle Lichen
Parmotrema praesorediosumruffle lichen
Parmotrema rampoddenseruffle lichen
Parmotrema reticulatumReticulated Ruffle Lichen
Parmotrema subisidiosumSubisidiate Ruffle Lichen
Parmotrema submarginaleUnperforated Ruffle Lichen
Parmotrema subrigidumCoastal Perforated Ruffle Lichen
Parmotrema tinctorumPalm Ruffle Lichen
Parmotrema ultralucensruffle lichen
Punctelia rudectaRough Speckled Shield Lichen
Usnea baileyiBailey's Beard Lichen
Usnea endochryseabeard lichen
Usnea evansiiEvans' Beard Lichen
Usnea mutabilisBloody Beard Lichen
Usnea strigosaBushy Beard Lichen
Usnea subscabrosaHorny Beard Llichen
Hypotrachyna cryptochloraloop lichen
PeltigeraceaeCrocodia aurataspecklebelly lichen
Emmanuelia raveneliiRavenel's Lungwort
Peltigera caninaDog Lichen
PertusariaceaePertusaria epixanthaYellow-tipped Wart Lichen
Pertusaria leioplacawart lichen
Pertusaria neoscoticaNew Scotland Wart Lichen
Pertusaria paratuberculiferaSpotted Wart Lichen
Pertusaria propinquawart lichen
Pertusaria pustulataPustule Wart Lichen
Pertusaria sinusmexicaniwart lichen
Pertusaria tetrathalamiawart lichen
Pertusaria texanaTexas Wart Lichen
Pertusaria xanthodesVolcano Wart Lichen
Pertusaria glomeratawart lichen
PhaeococcomycetaceaeEtayoa trypethelii
PhlyctidaceaePhlyctis boliviensisBark Whitewash Lichen
PhysciaceaeHeterodermia albicansWhite Fringe Lichen
Heterodermia crocea
Heterodermia granulifera
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 sorediosarosette lichen
Physcia subtilisSlender Rosette Lichen
Physciella chloanthaCryptic Rosette Lichen
Rinodina maculanspepper-spored lichen
Rinodina oxydataAcidic Pepper-spore Lichen
Heterodermia comosa
Rinodina papillatapepper-spored lichen
PilocarpaceaeByssoloma meadiifuzzy rim lichen
Micarea micrococcadot lichen
Micarea neostipitataStipitate Dot Lichen
Micarea prasinadot lichen
Micarea byssaceadot lichen
Micarea soraliferaGreen Dust Lichen
PorinaceaePorina scabrida
Pseudosagedia cestrensisbruise lichen
Pseudosagedia raphidospermabruise 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 americanaAmerican Strap Lichen
Ramalina complanatastrap lichen
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 russulaRed Rambold's Lichen
RoccellaceaeSchismatomma glaucescens
Schismatomma rappii
Mazosia viridescens
SarrameanaceaeLoxospora confusa
ScoliciosporaceaeScoliciosporum pensylvanicum
SphinctrinaceaeSphinctrina tubaeformis
SpirographaceaeSpirographa fusisporella
StereocaulaceaeHertelidea pseudobotryosa
Lepraria finkiiFink's Dust Lichen
Lepraria friabilisFriable Dust Lichen
Xyleborus nigricansBlack Caps
Lepraria hodkinsonianaHodkinson's Dust Lichen
StictidaceaeThelopsis corticola
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
Xanthomendoza weberi
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 cinchonaepyrenolichen
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
VariolariaceaeLepra commutata
Lepra pustulataPustule Crust Lichen
Lepra trachythallina
VerrucariaceaeAgonimia opuntiella
VezdaeaceaeVezdaea leprosaVezda's Lichen