Lichens of North Carolina
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Scientific Name:
Common Name:
Family (Alpha):
ACAROSPORACEAE
AGYRIACEAE
AMPHISPHAERIACEAE
ANDREIOMYCETACEAE
APHANOPSIDACEAE
ARTHONIACEAE
ASTEROTHYRIACEAE
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
SPIROGRAPHACEAE
SQUAMARINACEAE
STEREOCAULACEAE
STICTIDACEAE
STICTOGRAPHACEAE
STRANGOSPORACEAE
STRIGULACEAE
TELOSCHISTACEAE
TEPHROMELATACEAE
THELENELLACEAE
THELOCARPACEAE
TRAPELIACEAE
TREMELLACEAE
TRICHOTHELIACEAE
TRICHOTHYRIACEAE
TRYPETHELIACEAE
UMBILICARIACEAE
UNCERTAIN
VAHLIELLACEAE
VARICELLARIACEAE
VERRUCARIACEAE
VEZDAEACEAE
XYLOGRAPHACEAE
ZYTHIACEAE
27 species for
Union County
family
sciName
comName
Arthoniaceae
Arthothelium spectabile
Spectacular Comma Lichen
Cladoniaceae
Cladonia arbuscula
reindeer lichen
Cladonia beaumontii
Beaumont's Cladonia
Cladonia chlorophaea
Mealy Pixie-cup
Cladonia ciliata
Ciliate Reindeer Lichen
Cladonia coniocraea
Common Powderhorn
Cladonia cristatella
British Soldiers
Cladonia didyma
Southern Soldiers
Cladonia furcata
Forked Cladonia
Cladonia grayi
Gray's Pixie-cup Lichen
Cladonia mateocyatha
Mixed-up Pixie Cups
Cladonia parasitica
Fence-rail Cladonia
Cladonia peziziformis
Turban Lichen
Cladonia piedmontensis
Scruffy Peg Lichen
Cladonia pyxidata
Pebbled Pyxie-cup Lichen
Cladonia squamosa
Dragon Cladonia
Cladonia strepsilis
Olive Cladonia
Cladonia subcariosa
Peg Lichen
Cladonia subtenuis
Dixie Reindeer Lichen
Cladonia verticillata
Ladder Lichen
Pycnothelia papillaria
Gnome Fingers
Graphidaceae
Graphis scripta
Common Script Lichen
Phaeographis inusta
Common Brown-spored Script Lichen
Parmeliaceae
Parmotrema perforatum
Perforated Ruffle Lichen
Punctelia rudecta
Rough Speckled Shield Lichen
Pyrenulaceae
Pyrenula punctella
pox lichen
Trypetheliaceae
Viridothelium virens
Speckled Blister Lichen