Lichens of North Carolina
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144 species for Madison County

familysciNamecomName
ArthoniaceaeArthonia susaSoutheastern Comma Lichen
Arthothelium ruanumJaguar-spot Comma Lichen
CaliciaceaeAmandinea polysporaMany-spored Button Lichen
Amandinea punctataTiny Button Lichen
Buellia erubescensCommon Button Lichen
Buellia spuriaSunken Rock Buttons
Calicium lenticulareCandlewax Stubble Lichen
CandelariaceaeCandelariella efflorescensPowdery Goldspeck
CatillariaceaeCatillaria fungoidesa dot lichen
CladoniaceaeCladonia apodocarpaStalkless Cladonia
Cladonia cristatellaBritish Soldiers
Cladonia cryptochlorophaeaHidden Mealy Pixie-cup Lichen
Cladonia fimbriataTrumpet Lichen
Cladonia grayiGray's Pixie-cup Lichen
Cladonia peziziformisTurban Lichen
Cladonia pleurotaRed-fruited Pixie-cup Lichen
Cladonia ramulosaBranched Pixie-cup Lichen
Cladonia rangiferinaGray Reindeer Lichen
Cladonia subcariosaPeg Lichen
Cladonia verticillataLadder Lichen
Cladonia ignatiiSt. Ignatius Cladonia
CollemataceaeCollema flaccidumFlaking Tarpaper Lichen
Leptogium corticolaBlistered Jellyskin Lichen
Leptogium cyanescensBlue Jellyskin Lichen
DactyolpsporaceaeSclerococcum glaucomarioidesSaucer Lichen Fungus
FuscideaceaeFuscidea recensa var. arcuatulaa quilt lichen
GraphidaceaeGraphis scriptaCommon Script Lichen
IcmadophilaceaeDibaeis baeomycesPink Earth Lichen
LecanoraceaeJapewiella dollypartonianaDolly Parton Lichen
Lecanora allophanaBrown-eyed Rim Lichen
Lecanora argentatarim lichen
Lecanora cinereofuscaBeaded Rim Lichen
Lecanora hybocarpaBumpy Rim Lichen
Lecanora masanaMasa's Dots
Lecanora rugosellaRugose Rim Lichen
Lecanora saxigenaAppalachian Rock Rim Lichen
Lecanora subimmergensSubimmersed Rim Lichen
Lecanora symmictaFused Rim Lichen
Traponora variansVariegated Dot Lichen
Lecanora layanaLay's Rim Lichen
Palicella filamentosaFilamentous Palice's Lichen
Lecanora albellaWhite Rim Lichen
LecideaceaeBryobilimbia ahlesiiAhles' Dot Lichen
Porpidia albocaerulescensSmoky-eyed Boulder Lichen
Porpidia crustulataConcentric Boulder Lichen
LeprocaulaceaeHalecania pepegosporaa dot lichen
Leprocaulon nicholsiaeBecky's Dust Lichen
LichenotheliaceaeLichenothelia a rock-inhabiting fungus; a borderline lichen
Endococcus propinquusa lichenicolous fungus
MonoblastiaceaeAnisomeridium polyporiMany-pored Punch Lichen
MycoporaceaeMycoporum californicumCalifornia Mycoporum
Mycoporum compositumComposite Perithecial Lichen
OchrolechiaceaeLepra multipunctoidesDotted Fluff-wart Lichen
Lepra ophthalmizaRagged Wart Lichen
Lepra waghorneiWaghorne's Fluff-wart Lichen
Ochrolechia trochophoraRosy Saucer Lichen
Ochrolechia yasudaeCoral Saucer Lichen
Ochrolechia mahluensisMahlu Ochrolechia
ParmeliaceaeCetrelia cetrarioidesDownside Sea-storm Lichen
Cetrelia monachorumMonastic Seastorm Lichen
Flavoparmelia baltimorensisRock Greenshield Lichen
Flavoparmelia caperataCommon Greenshield Lichen
Hypotrachyna osseoalbaGrainy Loop Lichen
Melanohalea haleiAppalachian Tree Camouflage Lichen
Myelochroa aurulentaPowdery Axil-bristle Lichen
Parmotrema arnoldiiArnold's Ruffle Lichen
Parmotrema crinitumSalted Ruffle Lichen
Parmotrema margaritatumruffle lichen
Parmotrema subisidiosumSalted Ruffle Lichen
Nesolechia oxysporaPunctelia Fungus
Protoparmelia hypotremellaa sterile rim lichen
Punctelia appalachensisAppalachian Speckled Shield Lichen
Punctelia caseanaCase's Speckled Shield Lichen
Punctelia rudectaRough Speckled Shield Lichen
Tuckermannopsis ciliarisFringed Wrinkle Lichen
Usnea ceratinaWarty Beard Lichen
Usnea cornutaInflated Beard Lichen
Usnea dasaeabeard lichen
Usnea dasopogaFishbone Beard Lichen
Usnea strigosaBushy Beard Lichen
Usnea subfuscaBushy Beard Lichen
Usnea subscabrosaHorny Beard Llichen
Usnocetraria oakesianaYellow Ribbon Lichen
Xanthoparmelia plittiiPlitt's Rock-shield
Hypotrachyna lividescensloop lichen
Hypotrachyna appalachensisAppalachian Loop Lichen
Hypotrachyna kauffmanianaKauffman's Loop Lichen
Hypotrachyna mcmullinianaMcMullin's Loop Lichen
Melanelixia glabratulaWarm Fenestrations Lichen
Parmelina tiliaceaLinden Shield Lichen
PeltigeraceaeLobaria pulmonariaCommon Lungwort
Nephroma helveticumFringed Kidney Lichen
Peltigera caninaDog Lichen
Peltigera praetextataScaly Dog Lichen
Ricasolia quercizansSmooth Lungwort
Sticta beauvoisiiFingered Moon Lichen
PertusariaceaePertusaria appalachensisAppalachian Wart Lichen
Pertusaria macouniiMacoun's Wart Lichen
Pertusaria neoscoticaNova Scotia Pore Lichen
Pertusaria plittianaRock Wart Lichen
Pertusaria pustulataPustulate Wart Lichen
Pertusaria superianaSuper's Wart Lichen
PhlyctidaceaePhlyctis boliviensisBark Whitewash Lichen
Phlyctis petraeaRock Whitewash Lichen
Phlyctis speireawhitewash lichen
PhysciaceaeAnaptychia palmulataShaggy Fringe Lichen
Polyblastidium japonicum
Polyblastidium neglectumNeglected Fringe Lichen
Heterodermia obscurataOrange-bellied Fringe Lichen
Leucodermia appalachensisAppalachian Fringe Lichen
Phaeophyscia hispidulaWhiskered Shadow Lichen
Phaeophyscia pusilloidesPom Pom Shadow Lichen
Phaeophyscia rubropulchraOrange-cored Shadow Lichen
Rinodina buckiiBuck's Pepper-spored Lichen
Hyperphyscia adglutinataGrainy Shadow-Crust Lichen
PilocarpaceaeByssoloma subdiscordansfuzzy rim lichen
Fellhanera bouteillei
PyrenulaceaePyrenula pseudobufoniaEastern Pox Lichen
RamalinaceaeBacidia lobaricadotted lichen
Biatora longisporaLong-spored Dotted Lichen
Biatora ponticadotted lichen
Lecania croatica
Ramalina americanaSinewed Bush Lichen
Ramalina culbersoniorumSouthern Cartilage Lichen
Ramalina intermediaIntermediate Cartilage Lichen
RhizocarpaceaeRhizocarpon petraeum map lichen
Rhizocarpon grandemap lichen
Rhizocarpon infernulummap lichen
RopalosporaceaeRopalospora viridis
SarrameanaceaeLoxospora confusa
ScoliciosporaceaeScoliciosporum chlorococcum
StereocaulaceaeLepraria caesielladust lichen
Lepraria cryophilaCold-loving Dust Lichen
Lepraria normandinoidesElf-ear Dust Lichen
Lepraria oxybaphaLesser Lichen Vulgaris
StictidaceaeStictis urceolatumCan of Worms Lichen
TephromelataceaeMycoblastus caesiusLight Blue Blood Lichen
TrapeliaceaeTrapelia placodioides
TremellaceaeTremella parmeliarum
TrypetheliaceaeArthopyrenia fallaciosaWhite Pyrenofungus
UmbilicariaceaeUmbilicaria mammulataSmooth Rock Tripe
UncertainCatinaria atropurpurea
Dictyocatenulata albaa lichen allied fungus
VaricellariaceaeVaricellaria velataRimmed Wart Lichen