Lichens of North Carolina
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182 species for Henderson County

familysciNamecomName
CaliciaceaeAmandinea punctataTiny Button Lichen
Buellia maculataSpotted Button Lichen
Sculptolumina japonicaJapanese Button Lichen
CandelariaceaeCandelaria concolorElfin Candleflame Lichen
CladoniaceaeCladonia apodocarpaStalkless Cladonia
Cladonia arbusculareindeer lichen
Cladonia mitisGreen Reindeer Lichen
Cladonia botrytesStump Lichen
Cladonia caespiticiaStubby-stalked Cladonia
Cladonia carolinianaGranite Thorn Cladonia
Cladonia chlorophaeaMealy Pixie-cup
Cladonia coniocraeaCommon Powderhorn
Cladonia cristatellaBritish Soldiers
Cladonia didymaSouthern Soldiers
Cladonia dimorphocladaProstrate Thorn Cladonia
Cladonia fimbriataTrumpet Lichen
Cladonia floerkeanaDevil's Matchsticks
Cladonia furcataForked Cladonia
Cladonia gracilisSmooth Cladonia
Cladonia gracilis subsp. turbinataBronze Pixie-cup
Cladonia macilentaLipstick Powderhorn
Cladonia mateocyathaMixed-up Pixie Cups
Cladonia ochrochloraSmooth-footed Powderhorn
Cladonia piedmontensisScruffy Peg Lichen
Cladonia pyxidataPebbled Pyxie-cup Lichen
Cladonia ramulosaBranched Pixie-cup Lichen
Cladonia rangiferinaGray Reindeer Lichen
Cladonia squamosaDragon Cladonia
Cladonia strepsilisOlive Cladonia
Cladonia subcariosaPeg Lichen
Cladonia subtenuisDixie Reindeer Lichen
Cladonia uncialisThorn Cladonia
Cladonia verticillataLadder Lichen
CoccocarpiaceaeCoccocarpia erythroxyliFruiting Shell Lichen
CoenogoniaceaeCoenogonium pinetiPine Dimple Lichen
CollemataceaeCollema furfuraceumEffervescent Tarpaper Lichen
Collema nigrescensBroadleaf Blistered Jelly Lichen
Collema subflaccidumTree Jelly Lichen
Leptogium chloromelumRuffled Jellyskin
Leptogium corticolaBlistered Jellyskin Lichen
Leptogium cyanescensBlue Jellyskin Lichen
Leptogium milligranumStretched Jellyskin
Scytinium lichenoidesTattered Jellyskin
Leptogium saturninumSaturn Jellyskin
GomphillaceaeGyalectidium appendiculatumHemlock Needle Leaf-lichen
GraphidaceaeLeucodecton subcompunctumpore lichen
Rhabdodiscus granulosusFrosted Volcano Lichen
IcmadophilaceaeDibaeis baeomycesPink Earth Lichen
LecanoraceaeLecanora allophanaBrown-eyed Rim Lichen
Lecanora appalachensisAppalachian Rim Lichen
Lecanora hybocarpaBumpy Rim Lichen
Lecanora insignisrim lichen
Lecanora minutellaMinute Rim Lichen
Lecanora oreinoidesSunken Rim Lichen
Lecanora strobilinaMealy Rim Lichen
Vainionora americanaAmerican Speck Lichen
Lecanora albellaWhite Rim Lichen
LecideaceaeLecidea cyrtidiaa tile lichen
Lecidea nylanderiNylander's Tile Lichen
Porpidia albocaerulescensSmoky-eyed Boulder Lichen
Lecidea tessellataMosaic Tile Lichen
MegasporaceaeAspicilia cinereaCinder Lichen
Aspicilia laevatasunken disk lichen
Aspicilia olivaceopallidaPale Olive Sunken Disk Lichen
MycocaliciaceaePhaeocalicium atenitikonwalnut fairy pin
OchrolechiaceaeLepra multipunctoidesDotted Fluff-wart Lichen
Lepra pustulataPustule Crust Lichen
Lepra trachythallinaPowdered Wart Lichen
Ochrolechia pseudopallescensFalse Pallid Saucer Lichen
Ochrolechia trochophoraRosy Saucer Lichen
PannariaceaeFuscopannaria leucostictaWhite-rimmed Shingle Lichen
Pannaria conopleaMealy-rimmed Shingle Lichen
Parmeliella triptophyllaBlack-bordered Shingle Lichen
ParmeliaceaeAhtiana aurescensEastern Candlewax Lichen
Canoparmelia carolinianaCarolina Shield Lichen
Crespoa crozalsianaDe Crozals' Shield Lichen
Flavoparmelia baltimorensisRock Greenshield Lichen
Flavoparmelia caperataCommon Greenshield Lichen
Hypogymnia physodesMonk's Hood Lichen
Hypotrachyna lividaWrinkled Loop Lichen
Hypotrachyna minarumHairless-spined Shield Lichen
Imshaugia aleuritesSalted Starburst Lichen
Imshaugia placorodiaAmerican Starburst Lichen
Myelochroa aurulentaPowdery Axil-bristle Lichen
Myelochroa galbinaSmooth Axil-bristle Lichen
Parmelia saxatilisSalted Shield Lichen
Parmotrema arnoldiiArnold's Ruffle Lichen
Parmotrema cetratumruffle lichen
Parmotrema dilatatumCracked Ruffle Lichen
Parmotrema hypotropumPowdered Ruffle Lichen
Parmotrema mellissiiMelliss' Ruffle Lichen
Parmotrema perforatumPerforated Ruffle Lichen
Parmotrema perlatumPowdered Ruffle Lichen
Parmotrema reticulatumReticulated Ruffle Lichen
Platismatia tuckermaniiCrumpled Rag Lichen
Pseudevernia consociansCommon Antler Lichen
Punctelia caseanaCase's Speckled Shield Lichen
Punctelia rudectaRough Speckled Shield Lichen
Tuckermanella fendleriDwarf Wrinkle Lichen
Tuckermannopsis ciliarisFringed Wrinkle Lichen
Usnea ceratinaWarty Beard Lichen
Usnea cornutaInflated Beard Lichen
Usnea dasopogaFishbone Beard Lichen
Usnea rubicundaRed Beard Lichen
Usnea strigosaBushy Beard Lichen
Usnea subgracilisSilken Beard Lichen
Usnea subscabrosaHorny Beard Llichen
Xanthoparmelia conspersaPeppered Rock Shield
Xanthoparmelia plittiiPlitt's Rock-shield
Parmelina coleaeFringed Shield Lichen
Parmotrema cristiferumUnwhiskered Ruffle Lichen
Usnea perplexansPowdered Beard Lichen
Usnea tristisBushy Beard Lichen
Usnea floridaWitches' Whiskers Lichen
PeltigeraceaeCrocodia aurataGreen Specklebelly Lichen
Lobaria pulmonariaCommon Lungwort
Nephroma helveticumFringed Kidney Lichen
Peltigera aphthosaCommon Freckle Pelt
Peltigera caninaDog Lichen
Peltigera horizontalisFlat Fruit Pelt Lichen
Peltigera neopolydactylaCarpet Pelt Lichen
Pseudocyphellaria hawaiiensisGilded Specklebelly Lichen
Ricasolia quercizansSmooth Lungwort
Sticta beauvoisiiFingered Moon Lichen
Sticta fragilinataFragile Moon Lichen
Sticta sylvaticaForest Moon Lichen
PertusariaceaePertusaria epixanthaYellow-tipped Wart Lichen
Pertusaria globularisBallhead Wart Lichen
Pertusaria obrutaBuried Wart Lichen
Pertusaria paratuberculiferaSpotted Wart Lichen
Pertusaria sinusmexicaniMexican Wart Lichen
Pertusaria subpertusaMesa Wart Lichen
Pertusaria tetrathalamiawart lichen
PhlyctidaceaePhlyctis petraeaRock Whitewash Lichen
PhysciaceaeAnaptychia palmulataShaggy Fringe Lichen
Heterodermia albicansWhite Fringe Lichen
Polyblastidium casarettianuma fringe lichen
Heterodermia diademataCupped Fringe Lichen
Heterodermia granuliferaGranular Fringe Lichen
Heterodermia obscurataOrange-bellied Fringe Lichen
Heterodermia pseudospeciosafringe lichen
Heterodermia speciosaPowdered Fringe Lichen
Heterodermia squamulosaScaly Fringe Lichen
Hyperphyscia syncollaSmooth Shadow-crust Lichen
Leucodermia appalachensisAppalachian Fringe Lichen
Leucodermia leucomelosElegant Fringe Lichen
Phaeophyscia hispidulaWhiskered Shadow Lichen
Phaeophyscia pusilloidesPom Pom Shadow Lichen
Physcia aipoliaHoary Rosette Lichen
Physcia americanaPowdery Rosette Lichen
Physcia millegranaMealy Rosette Lichen
Physcia subtilisSlender Rosette Lichen
Polyblastidium hypoleucumCupped Fringe Lichen
Rinodina chrysidiataGolden Pepper-spored Lichen
Physconia americanaAmerican Frosted Lichen
PilocarpaceaeFellhanera bouteilleiBoiteille's Fellhanera
Fellhanera granulosaGranular Fellhanera
Fellhanera hybridaPiedmont Fellhanera
Micarea peliocarpaShadow Dot Lichen
PorinaceaePseudosagedia cestrensisBark Bruise Lichen
Pseudosagedia rhaphidospermaLong-spored Bruise Lichen
PyrenulaceaePyrenula leucostomaWhite-spotted Pox Lichen
RamalinaceaeScutula circumspecta Circumspect Dotted Lichen
Bacidia schweinitziiSurprise Lichen
Ramalina americanaSinewed Bush Lichen
RamboldiaceaeRamboldia elabensBlack-fruited Ramboldia
StereocaulaceaeLepraria finkiiFluffy Dust Lichen
Lepraria normandinoidesElf-ear Dust Lichen
TeloschistaceaeHuneckia polliniifiredot lichen
Gyalolechia flavorubescensBark Sulphur Firedot
TephromelataceaeTephromela atraBlack-eye Lichen
TrapeliaceaePlacynthiella icmaleaStiff Tar-spot Lichen
Trapeliopsis viridescensGreen Mottled-disk Lichen
UmbilicariaceaeUmbilicaria carolinianaCarolina Toadskin
Umbilicaria papulosaCommon Toadskin
Umbilicaria mammulataSmooth Rock Tripe
Umbilicaria muhlenbergiiMuhlenberg's Rock Tripe
VaricellariaceaeVaricellaria velataRimmed Wart Lichen
VerrucariaceaeDermatocarpon luridumStreamside Stippleback Lichen
Dermatocarpon miniatumLesser Stippleback Lichen
Thelidium pyrenophorumPyreno-speck Lichen
Agonimia flabelliformisFlabelliform Agonimia Lichen