Lichens of North Carolina
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392 species for Dare County

familysciNamecomName
AgyriaceaeAgyrium rufumRufous Dot Fungus
ArthoniaceaeArthonia albovirescensWhite-green Comma Lichen
Arthonia anglicaEnglish Comma Lichen
Arthonia intervenienscomma lichen
Arthonia quintariaFive-septate Comma Fungus
Arthonia rubellaRufous Comma Lichen
Arthonia susaSoutheastern Comma Lichen
Coniarthonia pyrrhulared dot lichen
Synarthonia hodgesiiHodges' Comma Lichen
Arthonia agelasticaHerded Comma Lichen
Arthonia samdykeanaSamuel Dyke's Comma Lichen
Arthonia stevensonianaStevenson's Comma Lichen
Coniocarpon cinnabarinumBloody Comma Lichen
AsterothyriaceaeAsterothyrium decipiens
BionectriaceaeXenonectriella subimperspicuaa lichenicolous fungus
BrigantieaceaeBrigantiaea leucoxanthaBrick-spored Lichen
Letrouitia parabolaa letrouitia lichen
CaliciaceaeAmandinea langloisiiLanglois' Button Lichen
Amandinea milliariabutton lichen
Amandinea polysporaMany-spored Button Lichen
Amandinea punctataTiny Button Lichen
Baculifera curtisiiCurtis' Button Lichen
Baculifera imshaugianaImshaug's Button Lichen
Buellia elizaeEliza's 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 pictaPowdery Medallion
Pyxine albovirensWhite-green Mustard Lichen
Pyxine caesiopruinosaOrange Button Rosette Lichen
Pyxine sorediataa mustard lichen
Pyxine subcinereaAshy Mustard Lichen
Gassicurtia acidobaeomycetabutton lichen
CandelariaceaeCandelaria fibrosaFringed Candleflame Lichen
CatillariaceaeCatillaria nigroclavataa black dot lichen
ChrysotrichaceaeChrysothrix chamaecyparicolaWhite Cedar Gold Dust Lichen
Chrysothrix xanthinaCommon Gold Dust Lichen
CladoniaceaeCladonia atlanticaAtlantic Cup Lichen
Cladonia beaumontiiBeaumont's Cladonia
Cladonia caespiticiaStubby-stalked Cladonia
Cladonia cariosaSplit-peg Soldiers
Cladonia cervicornisladder lichen
Cladonia cristatellaBritish Soldiers
Cladonia cryptochlorophaeaHidden Mealy Pixie-cup Lichen
Cladonia didymaSouthern Soldiers
Cladonia evansiiPowder Puff Lichen
Cladonia fimbriataTrumpet Lichen
Cladonia grayiGray's Pixie-cup Lichen
Cladonia incrassataPowder-foot British Soldiers
Cladonia leporinaJester Lichen
Cladonia macilentaLipstick Powderhorn
Cladonia ochrochloraSmooth-footed Powderhorn
Cladonia parasiticaFence-rail Cladonia
Cladonia peziziformisTurban Lichen
Cladonia pyxidataPebbled Pyxie-cup Lichen
Cladonia rappiiSlender Ladder Lichen
Cladonia santensisSantee Cladonia
Cladonia subcariosaPeg Lichen
Cladonia subradiataPowdery Peg Lichen
Cladonia subtenuisDixie Reindeer Lichen
Cladonia abbreviatulaAbbreviated Cladonia
ClavulinaceaeMulticlavula mucidaWhite Green-Algae Coral
CoccocarpiaceaeCoccocarpia erythroxyliFruiting Shell Lichen
Coccocarpia palmicolaSalted Shell Lichen
CoenogoniaceaeCoenogonium luteumOrange Dimple Lichen
Coenogonium pinetiPine Dimple Lichen
CollemataceaeCollema pulcellum var. leucopepluma blistered jelly lichen
Collema subflaccidumTree Jelly Lichen
Leptogium austroamericanumSouth American Jellyskin
Leptogium azureumBlue Jellyskin
Leptogium corticolaBlistered Jellyskin Lichen
Leptogium cyanescensBlue Jellyskin Lichen
ConiocybaceaeChaenotheca hygrophilaMoisture-loving Stubble Lichen
CordieritidaceaeSkyttea lecanoraea rim lichen fungus
DactyolpsporaceaeSclerococcum inquilinumSpotted Wart Lichen Fungus
EpigloeaceaeEpigloea pleiosporaAlgal Gel Fungus
FuscideaceaeMaronea polyphaeaMany-spored Maronea
GomphillaceaeGyalideopsis buckiiBuck's Gyalideopsis
GraphidaceaeDyplolabia afzeliiPowdered Script Lichen
Fissurina alligatorensisAlligator River Fissure Lichen
Fissurina columbinaColumbian Fissure Lichen
Fissurina cypressiCypress Fissure Lichen
Fissurina illiteratafissure lichen
Fissurina incrustansCrusted Fissure Lichen
Fissurina insidiosafissure lichen
Fissurina scolecitisfissure lichen
Fissurina subnitidulafissure lichen
Glyphis cicatricosaBlistered Script Lichen
Glyphis scyphuliferaCupped Script Lichen
Graphis desquamescensscript lichen
Graphis furcataForked Script Lichen
Graphis inversaInverse Script Lichen
Graphis lineolaLine Script Lichen
Graphis scriptaCommon Script Lichen
Allographa striatulaStriate Script Lichen
Leiorreuma explicansa script lichen
Leiorreuma sericeuma script lichen
Nadvornikia sorediataNadvornik's Pale Dot Lichen
Ocellularia praestansvolcano lichen
Creographa brasiliensis Brazil Brown-spored Script Lichen
Phaeographis erumpensErumpent Brown-spored Script 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 monospermumSingle-spored Barnacle Lichen
Thelotrema subtilebarnacle lichen
Acanthothecis leucopeplaa white fissure lichen
Acanthothecis mosquitensisMosquito Fissure Lichen
Allographa rimulosascript lichen
Graphis brahmanensisBrahman Script Lichen
Graphis cinctascript lichen
Graphis crebrascript lichen
Graphis elegansElegant Script Lichen
Graphis endoxanthaFluted Script Lichen
Graphis handeliiHandel's Script Lichen
Graphis pinicolaPine Script Lichen
Graphis tenellascript lichen
Graphis vittatascript lichen
Ocellularia americanaAmerican Volcano Lichen
Ocellularia sanfordianaSanford Volcano Lichen
Thalloloma cinnabarinumCinnabar Script Lichen
Thalloloma hypoleptuma script 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 albellulaWood-spot Rim Lichen
Lecanora allophanaBrown-eyed Rim Lichen
Lecanora glaucomodesSmooth Frosted Rim Lichen
Lecanora caperaticaa sorediate rim lichen
Lecanora chlaroteraBrown Rim Lichen
Lecanora cinereofuscaBeaded Rim Lichen
Lecanora cupressiCypress Rim Lichen
Lecanora hybocarpaBumpy Rim Lichen
Lecanora imshaugiiImshaug's Rim Lichen
Lecanora louisianaeLouisiana Rim Lichen
Lecanora nothocaesiellaFalse Dust Lichen
Lecanora strobilinaMealy Rim Lichen
Myriolecis hageniiHagen's Rim Lichen
Traponora variansVariegated Dot Lichen
Lecanora albellaWhite Rim Lichen
Lecanora protervulaEastern Frosted Rim Lichen
LecideaceaeLecidea plebejaCommon Disc Lichen
LichenoconiaceaeLichenoconium lecanoraeRim Lichen Fungus
Abrothallus parmotrematisRuffle Lichen Fungus
Lichenoconium cargillianumCargill Lichen Fungus
MegalosporaceaeMegalospora porphyritisa megalospora lichen
Megalospora pachycheila
MonoblastiaceaeAnisomeridium biformea pyrenolichen
Anisomeridium polyporiMany-pored Punch Lichen
Anisomeridium anisolobuma pyrenolichen
Anisomeridium biformoidesa pyrenolichen
MycocaliciaceaeChaenothecopsis debilisKing Pin
Chaenothecopsis pusillastubble fungus
Phaeocalicium polyporaeumPolypore Stubble Fungus
Sphinctrina tubaeformisWart Lichen Stubble Parasite
MycoporaceaeMycoporum eschweileriEschweiler's Mycoporum
Mycoporum lacteumMilky Mycoporum
MycosphaerellaceaeSphaerellothecium cinerascens
Stigmidium parmotrematis
OchrolechiaceaeLepra amaraBitter Wart Lichen
Lepra commutataa powdered wart lichen
Lepra hypothamnolicaa fluff-wart lichen
Lepra multipunctoidesDotted Fluff-wart Lichen
Lepra ophthalmizaRagged Wart Lichen
Lepra pustulataPustule Crust Lichen
Lepra trachythallinaPowdered Wart Lichen
Ochrolechia africanaFrosted Saucer Lichen
OpegraphaceaeNyungwea anguinellaBrown Scribble Lichen
Opegrapha anomeaAggregated Scribble Fungus
Opegrapha vulgataOlive Scribble Lichen
Opegrapha melanospila
PannariaceaeFuscopannaria leucostictaWhite-rimmed Shingle Lichen
Pannaria lurida subsp. quercicolamatted lichen
Pannaria subfuscamatted lichen
Pannaria tavaresiiTavares' Matted Lichen
Parmeliella pannosaa shingle lichen
ParmeliaceaeAnzia colpodesBlack Fringe Foam Lichen
Anzia ornataOrnate Foam Lichen
Bulbothrix confoederataSmooth 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
Parmeliopsis subambiguaSouthern Starburst Lichen
Parmotrema cetratumruffle lichen
Parmotrema crinitumSalted Ruffle Lichen
Parmotrema dilatatumCracked 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 perlatumPowdered 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 subtinctoriumMottled Ruffle Lichen
Parmotrema tinctorumPalm Ruffle Lichen
Parmotrema ultralucensSpotted Ruffle Lichen
Punctelia borrerispeckled shield lichen
Punctelia rudectaRough Speckled Shield Lichen
Tuckermanella fendleriDwarf Wrinkle Lichen
Usnea evansiiEvans' Beard Lichen
Usnea mutabilisBloody Beard Lichen
Usnea rubicundaRed Beard Lichen
Usnea strigosaBushy Beard Lichen
Usnea subscabrosaHorny Beard Llichen
Usnea trichodeaBony Beard Lichen
Canoparmelia cryptochlorophaeaPowdered Cloud Lichen
Hypotrachyna cryptochloraloop lichen
Hypotrachyna mcmullinianaMcMullin's Loop Lichen
PeltigeraceaeCrocodia aurataGreen Specklebelly Lichen
Dendriscocaulon intricatulumOlive-thorn Lichen
Emmanuelia raveneliiRavenel's Lungwort
Nephroma helveticumFringed Kidney Lichen
Peltigera neopolydactylaCarpet Pelt Lichen
Sticta carolinensisCarolina Moon Lichen
Sticta deyanaDey's Moon Lichen
PertusariaceaePertusaria epixanthaYellow-tipped Wart Lichen
Pertusaria macouniiMacoun's Wart Lichen
Pertusaria neoscoticaNova Scotia Pore Lichen
Pertusaria obrutaBuried Wart Lichen
Pertusaria paratuberculiferaSpotted Wart Lichen
Pertusaria propinquawart lichen
Pertusaria pustulataPustulate Wart Lichen
Pertusaria rubefactawart lichen
Pertusaria sinusmexicaniMexican Wart Lichen
Pertusaria subpertusaMesa Wart Lichen
Pertusaria tetrathalamiawart lichen
Pertusaria texanaTexas Wart Lichen
Pertusaria xanthodesVolcano Wart Lichen
Pertusaria heterochroawart lichen
PhaeococcomycetaceaeEtayoa trypetheliiTrypethelium Fungus
PhaeosphaeriaceaeDidymocyrtis melanelixiaeMelanelixia Didymocyrtis Fungus
PhlyctidaceaePhlyctis boliviensisBark Whitewash Lichen
PhyllachoraceaeLichenochora haematommatumBloodspot Lichen Fungus
PhysciaceaeAnaptychia palmulataShaggy Fringe Lichen
Heterodermia albicansWhite Fringe Lichen
Polyblastidium casarettianum
Heterodermia croceaOrange-bellied Fringe Lichen
Polyblastidium japonicum
Heterodermia obscurataOrange-bellied Fringe Lichen
Heterodermia speciosaPowdered Fringe Lichen
Leucodermia leucomelosElegant Fringe Lichen
Phaeophyscia rubropulchraOrange-cored Shadow Lichen
Phaeophyscia squarrosashadow lichen
Physcia americanaPowdery Rosette Lichen
Physcia atrostriatarosette lichen
Physcia millegranaMealy Rosette Lichen
Physcia sorediosaBlack-bottomed Rosette Lichen
Rinodina dolichosporapepper-spored lichen
Rinodina maculanspepper-spored lichen
Rinodina papillatapepper-spored lichen
PilocarpaceaeByssoloma leucoblepharumfuzzy rim lichen
Byssoloma meadiifuzzy rim lichen
Fellhanera bouteillei
Micarea chlorostictadot lichen
Micarea micrococcaMicrodot Micarea Lichen
Micarea neostipitataStipitate Dot Lichen
Micarea peliocarpadot lichen
Micarea prasinaGreen Dot Lichen
Byssoloma maderense
PorinaceaePorina heterosporaSoutheastern Pimple Lichen
Porina scabrida
Pseudosagedia cestrensisbruise lichen
Pseudosagedia isidiataIsidiate Bruise Lichen
Pseudosagedia raphidospermaLong-spored Bruise Lichen
Trichothelium americanum
PyrenulaceaeAnthracothecium australiense
Lithothelium illotumpox lichen
Pyrenula aspisteapox lichen
Pyrenula cruentaBark Rash Lichen
Pyrenula fetivicapox lichen
Pyrenula leucostomaWhite-spotted Pox Lichen
Pyrenula microcarpaSmall-fruited Pox Lichen
Pyrenula pseudobufoniaEastern Pox Lichen
Pyrenula punctellapox lichen
Pyrenula raveneliiRavenel's Pox Lichen
Pyrenula baliaSantee Pox Lichen
Pyrenula mamillanapox lichen
Pyrenula microthecapox lichen
Pyrgillus javanicus
RamalinaceaeBacidia circumspectaCircumspect Dotted Lichen
Bacidia diffractadotted lichen
Bacidia ekmanianaEkman's Dotted Lichen
Bacidia heterochroadotted lichen
Bacidia schweinitziiSurprise Lichen
Bacidina crystalliferaChrystal Dotted Lichen
Phyllopsora confusa
Phyllopsora corallina
Phyllopsora parvifolia
Ramalina americanaSinewed Bush Lichen
Ramalina complanataBumpy Ramalina
Ramalina culbersoniorumSouthern Cartilage Lichen
Ramalina montagneistrap lichen
Ramalina stenosporastrap lichen
Ramalina willeyiThorny Ramalina
Catillochroma alleniaeAllen's Catillochroma
Bacidia sorediataSorediate Dotted Lichen
Bacidia laurocerasi
Ramalina dilaceratastrap lichen
Ramalina tenuisstrap lichen
Ramalina calicarisa cartilage lichen
RamboldiaceaeRamboldia russulaSouthern Crimson Dot Lichen
RoccellaceaeCresponea flava
Schismatomma rappii
Mazosia carnea
RopalosporaceaeRopalospora viridis
SarrameanaceaeLoxospora confusa
StereocaulaceaeLepraria caesielladust lichen
Lepraria finkiiFluffy Dust Lichen
Lepraria friabilisFriable Dust Lichen
Lepraria harrisianaHarris' Dust Lichen
Lepraria vouauxiidust lichen
Xyleborus nigricansBlack Caps
Lepraria aurescensdust lichen
Lepraria hodkinsonianaHodkinson's Dust Lichen
StictidaceaeThelopsis corticolaOrange Dust Lichen
Thelopsis rubella
Topelia aperiens
StictographaceaeBuelliella minimula
Buelliella trypethelii
StrigulaceaeStrigula americana
Strigula viridiseda
TeloschistaceaeObscuroplaca camptidiafiredot lichen
Gyalolechia flavorubescens
Teloschistes chrysophthalmusGolden-eye Lichen
Xanthomendoza weberi Weber's Sunburst Lichen
Xanthocarpia ferracissimaSidewalk Firedot Lichen
TephromelataceaeTephromela atraBlack-eye Lichen
TrapeliaceaePlacynthiella dasaeaa pale dot lichen
Placynthiella icmaleatar-spot lichen
Trapeliopsis flexuosaFence-rail Lichen
Trapeliopsis granulosaGranular Mottled-Disk Lichen
TremellaceaeTremella pertusariae
Tremella phaeographidis
Tremella parmeliarum
TrichotheliaceaeSegestria leptalea
TrichothyriaceaeLichenopeltella heterodermiicola
TrypetheliaceaeBathelium carolinianumCarolina Crowded-warts
Constrictolumina cinchonaeQuinine Pyrenolichen
Constrictolumina lyratapyrenolichen
Nigrovothelium tropicum
Viridothelium virensSpeckled Blister Lichen
Arthopyrenia taxodiiCypress Dots
Polymeridium quinqueseptatum
Polymeridium subcinereum
UncertainBactrospora lamprospora
Bactrospora carolinensis
Catinaria atropurpurea
Lichenodiplis lecanoraea coelomycete lichenicolous fungus
Melanographa tribulodes
Minutoexcipula tuckerae
Muellerella lichenicola
Piccolia nannaria
Vouauxiella lichenicola
Catinaria brodoana
Minutoexcipula miniatoexcipula
Bactrospora brevispora
Cornutispora triangularis
Minutoexcipula mariana
Roselliniopsis tropica
Taeniolella delicata
Laeviomyces pertusariicola
VaricellariaceaeVaricellaria velataRimmed Wart Lichen
VezdaeaceaeVezdaea leprosaVezda's Lichen
ZythiaceaeZythia resinae Resin Fungus