Lichens of North Carolina
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416 species for Graham County

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AcarosporaceaeAcarospora fuscataBrown Cobblestone Lichen
Acarospora privignaCommon Coal-dust Lichen
Acarospora sinopicaOrange Cobblestone Lichen
ArthoniaceaeArthonia anglicaEnglish Comma Lichen
Arthonia rubellaRufous Comma Lichen
Arthonia susaSoutheastern Comma Lichen
Arthonia vinosaWine Red Comma Lichen
Arthothelium ruanumJaguar-spot Comma Lichen
Arthothelium spectabileSpectacular Comma Lichen
Sporodophoron americanumWhite Spot Lichen
Synarthonia hodgesiiHodges' Comma Lichen
Arthonia apateticacomma lichen
Arthonia coronataCrowned Comma Fiungus
BaeomycetaceaeBaeomyces rufusBrown Beret Lichen
BionectriaceaeNectriopsis rubefaciensa lichenicolous fungus
Xenonectriella subimperspicuaa lichenicolous fungus
BrigantieaceaeBrigantiaea leucoxanthaBrick-spored Lichen
CaliciaceaeAmandinea polysporaMany-spored Button Lichen
Amandinea punctataTiny Button Lichen
Buellia elizaeEliza's Button Lichen
Buellia erubescensCommon Button Lichen
Buellia spuriaSunken Rock Buttons
Buellia vernicomabutton lichen
Calicium lenticulareCandlewax Stubble Lichen
Chrismofulvea dialytabutton lichen
Pyxine sorediataa mustard lichen
CatillariaceaeCatillaria nigroclavataa black dot lichen
ChrysotrichaceaeChrysothrix caesiaFrosted Comma Lichen
Chrysothrix xanthinaCommon Gold Dust Lichen
CladoniaceaeCetradonia linearisRock Gnome Lichen
Cladonia apodocarpaStalkless Cladonia
Cladonia caespiticiaStubby-stalked Cladonia
Cladonia chlorophaeaMealy Pixie-cup
Cladonia cocciferaRed Pixie Cup
Cladonia didymaSouthern Soldiers
Cladonia furcataForked Cladonia
Cladonia incrassataPowder-foot British Soldiers
Cladonia macilentaLipstick Powderhorn
Cladonia mateocyathaMixed-up Pixie Cups
Cladonia ochrochloraSmooth-footed Powderhorn
Cladonia parasiticaFence-rail Cladonia
Cladonia peziziformisTurban Lichen
Cladonia pleurotaRed-fruited Pixie-cup Lichen
Cladonia ramulosaBranched Pixie-cup Lichen
Cladonia rangiferinaGray Reindeer Lichen
Cladonia raveneliiRavenel's Cladonia
Cladonia squamosaDragon Cladonia
Cladonia stipitataStipitate Cladonia
Cladonia strepsilisOlive Cladonia
Cladonia subcariosaPeg Lichen
Cladonia uncialisThorn Cladonia
Pycnothelia papillariaGnome Fingers
CoccocarpiaceaeCoccocarpia erythroxyliFruiting Shell Lichen
Coccocarpia palmicolaSalted Shell Lichen
CoenogoniaceaeCoenogonium luteumOrange Dimple Lichen
Coenogonium pinetiPine Dimple Lichen
CollemataceaeCollema furfuraceumEffervescent Tarpaper Lichen
Collema pulcellum var. leucopepluma blistered jelly lichen
Collema subflaccidumTree Jelly Lichen
Leptogium austroamericanumSouth American Jellyskin
Leptogium azureumBlue Jellyskin
Leptogium chloromelumRuffled Jellyskin
Leptogium corticolaBlistered Jellyskin Lichen
Leptogium cyanescensBlue Jellyskin Lichen
Leptogium hirsutumHairy Jellyskin
Scytinium dactylinumBrown Button Jellyskin
ConiocybaceaeChaenotricha obscuraBalsam Pin Lichen
Chaenotheca furfuraceaSulfur Stubble Lichen
Chaenotheca trichialisFrog Whiskers
DacampaceaePyrenidium aggregatumPhyscioid Gall Fungus
FilobasidiaceaeZyzygomyces polyblastidii
FuscideaceaeFuscidea recensa var. arcuatulaa quilt lichen
Maronea polyphaeaMany-spored Maronea
GomphillaceaeAulaxina quadrangulaAngle-ring Leaf-whiskers
Gomphillus americanusAmerican Gomphillus
Gomphillus calycioidesa gomphillus lichen
Gyalectidium appendiculatumHemlock Needle Leaf-lichen
GraphidaceaeGlyphis cicatricosaBlistered Script Lichen
Graphis lineolaLine Script Lichen
Graphis scriptaCommon Script Lichen
Leucodecton subcompunctumpore lichen
Nadvornikia sorediataNadvornik's Pale Dot Lichen
Phaeographis inustaCommon Brown-spored Script Lichen
Thelotrema subtilebarnacle lichen
Acanthothecis fontanaFontana Fissure Lichen
Thalloloma cinnabarinumCinnabar Script Lichen
GyalectaceaeGyalecta obesisporaa dimple lichen
HerpotrichiellaceaeCapronia harrisianaHarris' Capronia
HymeneliaceaeIonaspis lacustrisRusty Brook Lichen
IcmadophilaceaeDibaeis absolutaPink Dot Lichen
Dibaeis baeomycesPink Earth Lichen
Icmadophila ericetorumPeppermint Drop Lichen
LecanographaceaeZwackhia viridisGreen Scribble Lichen
LecanoraceaeJapewiella dollypartonianaDolly Parton Lichen
Lecanora argentatarim lichen
Lecanora cinereofuscaBeaded Rim Lichen
Lecanora glabrataBeech Rim Lichen
Lecanora hybocarpaBumpy Rim Lichen
Lecanora imshaugiiImshaug's Rim Lichen
Lecanora masanaMasa's Dots
Lecanora nothocaesiellaFalse Dust Lichen
Lecanora pulicarisCommon Rim Lichen
Lecanora saxigenaAppalachian Rock Rim Lichen
Lecanora strobilinaMealy Rim Lichen
Lecanora subimmergensSubimmersed Rim Lichen
Lecanora thysanophoraMapledust Lichen
Lecanora wisconsinensisWisconsin Rim Lichen
Xanthosyne variansVariegated Dot Lichen
Vainionora americanaAmerican Speck Lichen
Lecanora layanaLay's Rim Lichen
Lecanora polytropaGranite Speck Rim Lichen
Lecanora darlingiaeDarling's Rim Lichen
Lecanora albellaWhite Rim Lichen
Lecanora protervulaEastern Frosted Rim Lichen
Xanthosyne varians subsp. subtilis
LecideaceaePorpidia albocaerulescensSmoky-eyed Boulder Lichen
Porpidia crustulataConcentric Boulder Lichen
Porpidia soredizodesSorediate Boulder Lichen
Porpidia subsimplexboulder lichen
Lecidea tessellataMosaic Tile Lichen
Lecidea berengeriana Berenger's Dot Lichen
LeprocaulaceaeHalecania pepegosporaa dot lichen
LichenoconiaceaeAbrothallus hypotrachynaeLoop Lichen Fungus
Lichenoconium erodensa lichenicolous fungus
Abrothallus microspermusSmall-spored Lichen Fungus
Abrothallus usneaeBeard Lichen Fungus
LichenotheliaceaeEndococcus rugulosusa lichenicolous fungus
Endococcus ramalinariusStrap Lichen Fungus
LichinaceaeEphebe americanaAmerican Thread Lichen
MegalosporaceaeMegalospora porphyritisa megalospora lichen
MegasporaceaeCircinaria caesiocinerea sunken disk lichen
Aspicilia verrucigeraWarty Sunken Disk Lichen
MonoblastiaceaeAnisomeridium biformea pyrenolichen
Anisomeridium distansa pyrenolichen
Anisomeridium polyporiMany-pored Punch Lichen
MycocaliciaceaeChaenothecopsis debilisKing Pin
Mycocalicium albonigrumstubble fungus
Mycocalicium subtileSnag Stubble Fungus
Phaeocalicium polyporaeumPolypore Stubble Fungus
Mycocalicium fuscipesBrown Stubble Fungus
MycoporaceaeMycoporum biseptatumForney Flecks
Mycoporum compositumComposite Perithecial Lichen
Mycoporum pycnocarpoidesa mycoporum fungus
MycosphaerellaceaeStigmidium lendemeriLendemer's Aspicilia Fungus
Stigmidium fuscataeBrown Acarospora Fungus
OchrolechiaceaeLepra multipunctoidesDotted Fluff-wart Lichen
Lepra ophthalmizaRagged Wart Lichen
Lepra pustulataPustule Crust Lichen
Lepra trachythallinaPowdered Wart Lichen
Ochrolechia arboreaTree Saucer Lichen
Ochrolechia pseudopallescensFalse Pallid Saucer Lichen
Ochrolechia trochophoraRosy Saucer Lichen
Varicellaria velataRimmed Wart Lichen
OpegraphaceaeOpegrapha vulgataOlive Scribble Lichen
PannariaceaeFuscopannaria leucostictaWhite-rimmed Shingle Lichen
Fuscopannaria sorediataGranular Shingle Lichen
Pannaria subfuscamatted lichen
Parmeliella appalachensisAppalachian Shingle Lichen
Parmeliella triptophyllaBlack-bordered Shingle Lichen
Rockefellera crossophyllaOld Gray Crosslobes
ParmeliaceaeAhtiana aurescensEastern Candlewax Lichen
Anzia colpodesBlack Fringe Foam Lichen
Bryoria furcellataBurred Horsehair Lichen
Bulbothrix isidizaIsidiate Eyelash Lichen
Bulbothrix scortellaan eyelash lichen
Canoparmelia carolinianaCarolina Shield Lichen
Cetrelia cetrarioidesDownside Sea-storm Lichen
Cetrelia chicitaeChicita's Sea-storm Lichen
Cetrelia olivetorumOlive Sea-storm Lichen
Flavoparmelia baltimorensisRock Greenshield Lichen
Flavoparmelia caperataCommon Greenshield Lichen
Flavopunctelia flaventiorSpeckled Greenshield Lichen
Hypogymnia incurvoidesLattice Tube Lichen
Hypogymnia physodesMonk's Hood Lichen
Hypogymnia tubulosaPowder-headed Tube Lichen
Hypotrachyna afrorevolutaPustulate Revolute Loop Lichen
Hypotrachyna croceopustulataYellow-cored Loop Lichen
Hypotrachyna gondylophoraloop lichen
Hypotrachyna horrescensHairy-spined Shield Lichen
Hypotrachyna lividaWrinkled Loop Lichen
Hypotrachyna minarumHairless-spined Shield Lichen
Hypotrachyna pseudosinuosaloop lichen
Hypotrachyna revolutaloop lichen
Hypotrachyna rockiiloop lichen
Hypotrachyna showmaniiShowman's Loop Lichen
Hypotrachyna spumosaPustuled Shield Lichen
Hypotrachyna taylorensisTaylor's Loop Lichen
Imshaugia aleuritesSalted Starburst Lichen
Melanohalea haleiAppalachian Tree Camouflage Lichen
Menegazzia subsimilisTree Flute Lichen
Myelochroa aurulentaPowdery Axil-bristle Lichen
Myelochroa galbinaSmooth Axil-bristle Lichen
Myelochroa metarevolutaJapanese Axil-bristle Lichen
Parmelia saxatilisSalted Shield Lichen
Parmelia squarrosaBottlebrush Shield Lichen
Parmelia sulcataHammered Shield Lichen
Parmotrema arnoldiiArnold's Ruffle 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 mellissiiMelliss' Ruffle Lichen
Parmotrema perforatumPerforated Ruffle Lichen
Parmotrema perlatumPowdered Ruffle Lichen
Parmotrema reticulatumReticulated Ruffle Lichen
Parmotrema subisidiosumSalted Ruffle Lichen
Parmotrema submarginaleUnperforated Ruffle Lichen
Parmotrema subsumptumruffle lichen
Parmotrema ultralucensSpotted Ruffle Lichen
Platismatia tuckermaniiCrumpled Rag Lichen
Pseudevernia cladoniaGhost Antler Lichen
Pseudevernia consociansCommon Antler Lichen
Punctelia appalachensisAppalachian Speckled Shield Lichen
Punctelia caseanaCase's Speckled Shield Lichen
Punctelia reddendaScottish Speckled Shield Lichen
Punctelia rudectaRough Speckled Shield Lichen
Tuckermannopsis americanaFringed Wrinkle Lichen
Tuckermannopsis ciliarisFringed Wrinkle Lichen
Tuckermannopsis orbataVariable Wrinkle Lichen
Usnea angulataOld Man's Beard
Usnea brasiliensisBrazil Beard Lichen
Usnea ceratinaWarty Beard Lichen
Usnea cornutaInflated Beard Lichen
Usnea dasopogaFishbone Beard Lichen
Usnea fulvoreagensYellowing Beard Lichen
Usnea mutabilisBloody Beard Lichen
Usnea rubicundaRed Beard Lichen
Usnea strigosaBushy Beard Lichen
Usnea subfloridanaNit Beard Lichen
Usnea subfuscaBushy Beard Lichen
Usnea subgracilisSilken Beard Lichen
Usnea subscabrosaHorny Beard Llichen
Usnocetraria oakesianaYellow Ribbon Lichen
Xanthoparmelia conspersaPeppered Rock Shield
Xanthoparmelia plittiiPlitt's Rock-shield
Hypotrachyna lividescensloop lichen
Hypotrachyna appalachensisAppalachian Loop Lichen
Hypotrachyna kauffmanianaKauffman's Loop Lichen
Hypotrachyna mcmullinianaMcMullin's Loop Lichen
Usnea floridaWitches' Whiskers Lichen
PeltigeraceaeCrocodia aurataGreen Specklebelly Lichen
Dendriscocaulon intricatulumOlive-thorn Lichen
Lobaria pulmonariaCommon Lungwort
Emmanuelia raveneliiRavenel's Lungwort
Lobarina scrobiculataTextured Lungwort
Peltigera caninaDog Lichen
Peltigera didactylaAlternating Pelt Lichen
Peltigera elisabethaeConcentric Pelt Lichen
Peltigera neopolydactylaCarpet Pelt Lichen
Peltigera praetextataScaly Dog Lichen
Pseudocyphellaria hawaiiensisGilded Specklebelly Lichen
Ricasolia quercizansSmooth Lungwort
Sticta beauvoisiiFingered Moon Lichen
Sticta carolinensisCarolina Moon Lichen
Sticta fragilinataFragile Moon Lichen
Sticta fuliginosaPeppered Moon Lichen
Sticta sylvaticaForest Moon Lichen
PertusariaceaePertusaria appalachensisAppalachian Wart Lichen
Pertusaria consociansCedar Wart Lichen
Pertusaria epixanthaYellow-tipped Wart Lichen
Pertusaria globularisBallhead Wart Lichen
Pertusaria leioplacaOstrich Hide Lichen
Pertusaria macouniiMacoun's Wart Lichen
Pertusaria neoscoticaNova Scotia Pore Lichen
Pertusaria ostiolataPore Wart Lichen
Pertusaria paratuberculiferaSpotted Wart Lichen
Pertusaria plittianaRock Wart Lichen
Pertusaria propinquawart lichen
Pertusaria pustulataPustulate Wart Lichen
Pertusaria sinusmexicaniMexican Wart Lichen
Pertusaria subpertusaMesa Wart Lichen
Pertusaria tetrathalamiawart lichen
Pertusaria texanaTexas Wart Lichen
Pertusaria superianaSuper's Wart Lichen
PhaeosphaeriaceaeDidymocyrtis cladoniicolaCladonia Didymocyrtis Fungus
PhlyctidaceaePhlyctis boliviensisBark Whitewash Lichen
Phlyctis petraeaRock Whitewash Lichen
Phlyctis speireawhitewash lichen
PhysciaceaeAnaptychia crinalisHanging Fringe Lichen
Anaptychia palmulataShaggy Fringe Lichen
Polyblastidium casarettianuma fringe lichen
Heterodermia erectaErect Centipede Lichen
Polyblastidium japonicumJapanese Fringe Lichen
Polyblastidium neglectumNeglected Fringe Lichen
Heterodermia obscurataOrange-bellied Fringe Lichen
Heterodermia speciosaPowdered Fringe Lichen
Heterodermia squamulosaScaly Fringe Lichen
Leucodermia appalachensisAppalachian Fringe Lichen
Leucodermia leucomelosElegant Fringe Lichen
Phaeophyscia adiastolaPowder-tipped Shadow Lichen
Phaeophyscia pusilloidesPom Pom Shadow Lichen
Phaeophyscia rubropulchraOrange-cored Shadow Lichen
Phaeophyscia squarrosaScaly Shadow Lichen
Physcia americanaPowdery Rosette Lichen
Physcia phaeaBlack-eyed Rosette Lichen
Physcia pumiliorSpotted Rosette Lichen
Physcia stellarisStar Rosette Lichen
Polyblastidium hypoleucumCupped Fringe Lichen
Rinodina ascociscanaScaly Pepper-spore Lichen
Rinodina subpariataSubpar Pepper-spore Lichen
Rinodina subminutaSubminute Pepper-spore Lichen
Rinodina tenuisAdirondack Pepper-spore Lichen
Rinodina tephraspisa pepper-spored lichen
Rinodina willeyiWilley's Pepper-spored Lichen
Rinodina papillataPapillate Pepper-spore Lichen
PilocarpaceaeByssoloma leucoblepharuma fuzzy rim lichen
Byssoloma subdiscordansRock Fussy Rim Lichen
Fellhanera bouteilleiBoiteille's Fellhanera
Leimonis erraticaErratic Dot Lichen
Micarea chlorostictadot lichen
Micarea endocyaneaInner Blue Dot Lichen
Micarea neostipitataStipitate Dot Lichen
Micarea prasinaGreen Dot Lichen
Micarea lithinellaa dot lichen
PorinaceaePorina heterosporaSoutheastern Pimple Lichen
Porina scabridaScabrid Pimple Lichen
Pseudosagedia guentheriGuenther's Bruise Lichen
Pseudosagedia isidiataIsidiate Bruise Lichen
Pseudosagedia rhaphidospermaLong-spored Bruise Lichen
PsoraceaeBrianaria bauschianaBausch's Dot Lichen
PyrenulaceaeDistopyrenis americanaAmerican Pox Lichen
Lithothelium phaeosporumBrown-spored Pox Lichen
Pyrenula caryaeHickory Pox Lichen
Pyrenula cuyabensisCuyabeno Pox Lichen
Pyrenula fetivicaa pox lichen
Pyrenula leucostomaWhite-spotted Pox Lichen
Pyrenula pseudobufoniaEastern Pox Lichen
Pyrenula punctellaBeech Pox Lichen
Pyrenula subellipticaSubelliptic Pox Lichen
Pyrenula confoederataSouthern Pox Lichen
RamalinaceaeBacidia ekmanianaEkman's Dotted Lichen
Bacidia schweinitziiSurprise Lichen
Bacidia suffusadotted lichen
Bacidina egenulaa dotted lichen
Biatora appalachensisAppalachian Dotted Lichen
Biatora longisporaLong-spored Dotted Lichen
Biatora ponticaBlack Sea Dot Lichen
Biatora printzeniiPrintzen's Dotted Lichen
Biatora pycnidiataPycnidiate Dotted Lichen
Biatora vernalisSpring Dotted Lichen
Catinaria atropurpureaa dot lichen
Catillochroma beechingiiBeeching's Catillochroma
Phyllopsora confusaConfused Lace-Scale Lichen
Phyllopsora corallinaCoralloid Lace-Scale Lichen
Ramalina americanaSinewed Bush Lichen
Ramalina culbersoniorumSouthern Cartilage Lichen
Ramalina intermediaIntermediate Cartilage Lichen
Bacidina delicataGhost Dot Lichen
Mycobilimbia pilularisa dot lichen
RamboldiaceaeRamboldia russulaSouthern Crimson Dot Lichen
RhizocarpaceaeRhizocarpon infernulum f. sylvaticumSmooth Brown Map Lichen
Rhizocarpon reductumReduced Map Lichen
Rhizocarpon rubescensRufous Map Lichen
Rhizocarpon subgeminatuma map lichen
RoccellaceaeSchismatomma glaucescensSnowy Crevice-disk
RopalosporaceaeRopalospora chloranthaComet-spored Lichen
Ropalospora viridisGreen Comet-spored Lichen
SarrameanaceaeChicitaea confusaConfused Chicita Lichen
Loxospora elatinaFluffy Ragged-Rim Lichen
ScoliciosporaceaeScoliciosporum pensylvanicumPennsylvania Dot Lichen
Scoliciosporum pruinosumDusty Dot Lichen
StereocaulaceaeLepraria caesielladust lichen
Lepraria elobatadust lichen
Lepraria finkiiFluffy Dust Lichen
Lepraria neglectaZoned Dust Lichen
Lepraria normandinoidesElf-ear Dust Lichen
Lepraria oxybaphaLesser Lichen Vulgaris
Lepraria xanthonicaYellow Dust Lichen
Stereocaulon dactylophyllumFinger-scale Foam Lichen
Stereocaulon pileatumPixie Foam Lichen
Xyleborus sporodochiferWood Dot Lichen
StictidaceaeAbsconditella delutulaan absconditella lichen
Thelopsis corticolaOrange Dust Lichen
Stictis urceolatumCan of Worms Lichen
StrigulaceaeDichoporis tenuis a pyrenolichen
TeloschistaceaeObscuroplaca camptidiaGray-rimmed Firedot Lichen
Caloplaca sideritisa firedot lichen
Gyalolechia flavovirescensSulfur Firedot
Solitaria chrysophthalmaGolden Firedot Lichen
Xanthocarpia feracissimaSidewalk Firedot Lichen
TephromelataceaeMycoblastus caesiusLight Blue Blood Lichen
Violella fucataInner Violet Lichen
ThelenellaceaeThelenella muscorumMoss Thelenella
TrapeliaceaePlacynthiella icmaleaStiff Tar-spot Lichen
Trapelia coarctataArctic Pebble Lichen
Trapelia glebulosaRadiate Pebble Lichen
Trapelia placodioidesCracked Paint Lichen
Trapeliopsis granulosaGranular Mottled-Disk Lichen
Trapeliopsis viridescensGreen Mottled-disk Lichen
Rimularia badioatraBeaded Rimularia
TremellaceaeTremella cladoniaeCladonia Jelly Fungus
Tremella pertusariaeWart Lichen Tremella
Tremella parmeliarumReticulated Ruffle Lichen Tremella
Tremella flavoparmeliaeGreenshield Lichen Fungus
TrichothyriaceaeLichenopeltella peltigericolaPelt Lichen Fungus
TrypetheliaceaeArthopyrenia degeliiDegelius' Pimple Lichen
Viridothelium virensSpeckled Blister Lichen
UmbilicariaceaeUmbilicaria papulosaCommon Toadskin
Umbilicaria mammulataSmooth Rock Tripe
UncertainBiatoropsis usnearuma beard lichen fungus
Dictyocatenulata albaa lichenized, synnematous hyphomycete fungus
Homostegia herteliiHertel’s Homostegia Fungus
Micareopsis irriguataIrrigated Rock Lichen
Monodictys epileprariaDust Lichen Fungus
Muellerella lichenicolaa lichenicolous fungus
Roselliniella euparmeliicolaTrue Parmelia Lichen Fungus
VahliellaceaeVahliella leucophaeaRock Shingle Lichen
VerrucariaceaeFlakea papillataThe Thing
Normandina pulchellaElf-eared Lichen
Placidium arboreumTree Stipplescale
Verrucaria aethiobolaa speck lichen
Agonimia gelatinosaGelatinous Agonimia Lichen
Thelidium minutuluma speck lichen
ZythiaceaeZythia resinae Resin Fungus