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
CATILLARIACEAE
CHRYSOTRICHACEAE
CLADONIACEAE
COCCOCARPIACEAE
COENOGONIACEAE
COLLEMATACEAE
CONIOCYBACEAE
CORDIERITIDACEAE
CORTICIACEAE
CYPHOBASIDIACEAE
CYSTOCOLEACEAE
DACAMPACEAE
DACAMPIACEAE
DACTYOLPSPORACEAE
DIDYMELLACEAE
EPIGLOEACEAE
FILOBASIDIACEAE
FUSCIDEACEAE
GOMPHILLACEAE
GRAPHIDACEAE
GYALECTACEAE
HAEMATOMMATACEAE
HARPIDIACEAE
HELICOGONIACEAE
HERPOTRICHIELLACEAE
HYDNACEAE
HYGROPHORACEAE
HYMENELIACEAE
ICMADOPHILACEAE
LECANOGRAPHACEAE
LECANORACEAE
LECIDEACEAE
LEPROCAULACEAE
LICHENOCONIACEAE
LICHENOTHELIACEAE
LICHINACEAE
LOPADIACEAE
MALMIDEACEAE
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
PSEUDOPERISPORIACEAE
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
TRICHOTHYRIACEAE
TRYPETHELIACEAE
UMBILICARIACEAE
UNCERTAIN
VAHLIELLACEAE
VARICELLARIACEAE
VERRUCARIACEAE
VEZDAEACEAE
XANTHOPYRENIACEAE
XYLOGRAPHACEAE
ZYTHIACEAE
13 species for
Vance County
family
sciName
comName
Cladoniaceae
Cladonia cristatella
British Soldiers
Cladonia grayi
Gray's Pixie-cup Lichen
Cladonia ravenelii
Ravenel's Cladonia
Cladonia subcariosa
Peg Lichen
Cladonia subtenuis
Dixie Reindeer Lichen
Pycnothelia papillaria
Gnome Fingers
Parmeliaceae
Canoparmelia caroliniana
Carolina Shield Lichen
Hypotrachyna livida
Wrinkled Loop Lichen
Hypotrachyna minarum
Hairless-spined Shield Lichen
Imshaugia aleurites
Salted Starburst Lichen
Parmeliopsis subambigua
Southern Starburst Lichen
Parmotrema perforatum
Perforated Ruffle Lichen
Parmotrema reticulatum
Reticulated Ruffle Lichen