Lichens of North Carolina
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Scientific Name:
Common Name:
Family (Alpha):
ACAROSPORACEAE
AGYRIACEAE
AMPHISPHAERIACEAE
ANDREIOMYCETACEAE
APHANOPSIDACEAE
ARTHONIACEAE
BAEOMYCETACEAE
BIONECTRIACEAE
BRIGANTIEACEAE
CALICIACEAE
CANDELARIACEAE
CARBONICOLACEAE
CARCINOMYCETACEAE
CATILLARIACEAE
CHRYSOTRICHACEAE
CLADONIACEAE
CLAVULINACEAE
COCCOCARPIACEAE
COENOGONIACEAE
COLLEMATACEAE
CONIOCYBACEAE
CORDIERITIDACEAE
CORTICIACEAE
CYSTOCOLEACEAE
DACAMPACEAE
DACAMPIACEAE
DACTYOLPSPORACEAE
DIDYMELLACEAE
EPIGLOEACEAE
FUSCIDEACEAE
GOMPHILLACEAE
GRAPHIDACEAE
GYALECTACEAE
HAEMATOMMATACEAE
HARPIDIACEAE
HELICOGONIACEAE
HERPOTRICHIELLACEAE
HYDNACEAE
HYGROPHORACEAE
HYMENELIACEAE
ICMADOPHILACEAE
LECANOGRAPHACEAE
LECANORACEAE
LECIDEACEAE
LEPROCAULACEAE
LICHENOCONIACEAE
LICHENOTHELIACEAE
LICHINACEAE
LOPADIACEAE
MEGALOSPORACEAE
MEGASPORACEAE
MELASPILEACEAE
MELASPILEELLACEAE
MICROCALICIACEAE
MONOBLASTIACEAE
MYCOCALICIACEAE
MYCOPORACEAE
MYCOSPHAERELLACEAE
MYTILINIDIACEAE
NAETROCYMBACEAE
NIESSLIACEAE
OCHROLECHIACEAE
OPEGRAPHACEAE
OPHIOPARMACEAE
PANNARIACEAE
PARMELIACEAE
PELTIGERACEAE
PELTULACEAE
PERTUSARIACEAE
PHAEOCOCCOMYCETACEAE
PHAEOSPHAERIACEAE
PHLYCTIDACEAE
PHYLLACHORACEAE
PHYSCIACEAE
PILOCARPACEAE
PLACYNTHIACEAE
POLYCOCCACEAE
PORINACEAE
PROTOTHELENELLACEAE
PSILOLECHIACEAE
PSORACEAE
PYCNORACEAE
PYRENULACEAE
RACODIACEAE
RAMALINACEAE
RAMBOLDIACEAE
REQUIENELLACEAE
RHIZOCARPACEAE
ROCCELLACEAE
ROCCELLOGRAPHACEAE
ROPALOSPORACEAE
SARRAMEANACEAE
SCOLICIOSPORACEAE
SPHINCTRINACEAE
SPIROGRAPHACEAE
SQUAMARINACEAE
STEREOCAULACEAE
STICTIDACEAE
STICTOGRAPHACEAE
STRANGOSPORACEAE
STRIGULACEAE
TELOSCHISTACEAE
TEPHROMELATACEAE
THELENELLACEAE
THELOCARPACEAE
TRAPELIACEAE
TREMELLACEAE
TRICHOTHELIACEAE
TRICHOTHYRIACEAE
TRYPETHELIACEAE
UMBILICARIACEAE
UNCERTAIN
VAHLIELLACEAE
VARICELLARIACEAE
VARIOLARIACEAE
VERRUCARIACEAE
VEZDAEACEAE
XYLOGRAPHACEAE
ZYTHIACEAE
21 species for
Franklin County
family
sciName
comName
Cladoniaceae
Cladonia atlantica
Atlantic Cup Lichen
Cladonia caroliniana
Granite Thorn Cladonia
Cladonia dimorphoclada
Prostrate Thorn Cladonia
Cladonia grayi
Gray's Pixie-cup Lichen
Cladonia leporina
Jester Lichen
Cladonia mateocyatha
Mixed-up Pixie Cups
Cladonia strepsilis
Olive Cladonia
Cladonia subtenuis
Dixie Reindeer Lichen
Cladonia uncialis
Thorn Cladonia
Graphidaceae
Glyphis cicatricosa
Blistered Script Lichen
Parmeliaceae
Canoparmelia caroliniana
Carolina Shield Lichen
Flavoparmelia caperata
Common Greenshield Lichen
Parmotrema perforatum
Perforated Ruffle Lichen
Parmotrema reticulatum
Reticulated Ruffle Lichen
Usnea rubicunda
Red Beard Lichen
Usnea trichodea
beard lichen
Xanthoparmelia conspersa
Peppered Rock Shield
Peltigeraceae
Ricasolia amplissima
Peltulaceae
Peltula cylindrica
rock olive lichen
Pyrenulaceae
Pyrenula leucostoma
White-spotted Pox Lichen
Trypetheliaceae
Viridothelium virens
Speckled Blister Lichen