157 species for Watauga County |
| family | sciName | comName |
|---|
| Caliciaceae | Pyxine caesiopruinosa | Orange Button Rosette Lichen |
| Pyxine sorediata | a mustard lichen |
| Buellia disciformis | Boreal Button Lichen |
| Candelariaceae | Candelaria fibrosa | Fringed Candleflame Lichen |
| Cladoniaceae | Cladonia apodocarpa | Stalkless Cladonia |
| Cladonia arbuscula | reindeer lichen |
| Cladonia coniocraea | Common Powderhorn |
| Cladonia cristatella | British Soldiers |
| Cladonia floerkeana | Devil's Matchsticks |
| Cladonia furcata | Forked Cladonia |
| Cladonia grayi | Gray's Pixie-cup Lichen |
| Cladonia macilenta | Lipstick Powderhorn |
| Cladonia mateocyatha | Mixed-up Pixie Cups |
| Cladonia ochrochlora | Smooth-footed Powderhorn |
| Cladonia pleurota | Red-fruited Pixie-cup Lichen |
| Cladonia pyxidata | Pebbled Pyxie-cup Lichen |
| Cladonia rangiferina | Gray Reindeer Lichen |
| Cladonia squamosa | Dragon Cladonia |
| Cladonia stygia | Styx Black-footed Reindeer Lichen |
| Cladonia subcariosa | Peg Lichen |
| Cladonia subtenuis | Dixie Reindeer Lichen |
| Cladonia uncialis | Thorn Cladonia |
| Cladonia verticillata | Ladder Lichen |
| Cladonia dimorpha | Troubled Pixie Cup |
| Cladonia phyllophora | Felt Clad Pyxie Lichen |
| Clavulinaceae | Multiclavula mucida | White Green-Algae Coral |
| Collemataceae | Collema flaccidum | Flaking Tarpaper Lichen |
| Collema subflaccidum | Tree Jelly Lichen |
| Enchylium tenax | Tar Jelly Lichen |
| Leptogium cyanescens | Blue Jellyskin Lichen |
| Graphidaceae | Graphis scripta | Common Script Lichen |
| Icmadophilaceae | Dibaeis baeomyces | Pink Earth Lichen |
| Icmadophila ericetorum | Peppermint Drop Lichen |
| Lecanoraceae | Lecanora argentata | rim lichen |
| Lecanora expallens | rim lichen |
| Lecanora masana | Masa's Dots |
| Lecanora varia | Greenish-yellow Rim Lichen |
| Lecanora layana | Lay's Rim Lichen |
| Lecanora darlingiae | Darling's Rim Lichen |
| Myriolecis dispersa | Mortar Rim Lichen |
| Lecanora albella | White Rim Lichen |
| Leprocaulaceae | Halecania pepegospora | a dot lichen |
| Lichinaceae | Ephebe americana | American Thread Lichen |
| Ephebe lanata | Waterside Rockshag Lichen |
| Ochrolechiaceae | Lepra ophthalmiza | Ragged Wart Lichen |
| Ochrolechia yasudae | Coral Saucer Lichen |
| Ochrolechia mahluensis | Mahlu Ochrolechia |
| Pannariaceae | Parmeliella appalachensis | Appalachian Shingle Lichen |
| Parmeliaceae | Bryoria furcellata | Burred Horsehair Lichen |
| Canoparmelia caroliniana | Carolina Shield Lichen |
| Cetraria arenaria | Sand-loving Iceland Lichen |
| Cetraria islandica | Iceland Moss |
| Cetrelia cetrarioides | Downside Sea-storm Lichen |
| Cetrelia chicitae | Chicita's Sea-storm Lichen |
| Cetrelia monachorum | Monastic Seastorm Lichen |
| Cetrelia olivetorum | Olive Sea-storm Lichen |
| Flavoparmelia baltimorensis | Rock Greenshield Lichen |
| Flavoparmelia caperata | Common Greenshield Lichen |
| Flavopunctelia flaventior | Speckled Greenshield Lichen |
| Hypogymnia physodes | Monk's Hood Lichen |
| Hypotrachyna croceopustulata | Yellow-cored Loop Lichen |
| Hypotrachyna horrescens | Hairy-spined Shield Lichen |
| Hypotrachyna livida | Wrinkled Loop Lichen |
| Hypotrachyna minarum | Hairless-spined Shield Lichen |
| Hypotrachyna revoluta | loop lichen |
| Imshaugia aleurites | Salted Starburst Lichen |
| Myelochroa galbina | Smooth Axil-bristle Lichen |
| Parmelia squarrosa | Bottlebrush Shield Lichen |
| Parmotrema crinitum | Salted Ruffle Lichen |
| Parmotrema margaritatum | ruffle lichen |
| Parmotrema perforatum | Perforated Ruffle Lichen |
| Parmotrema perlatum | Powdered Ruffle Lichen |
| Parmotrema reticulatum | Reticulated Ruffle Lichen |
| Parmotrema subisidiosum | Salted Ruffle Lichen |
| Parmotrema subtinctorium | Mottled Ruffle Lichen |
| Parmotrema ultralucens | Spotted Ruffle Lichen |
| Platismatia glauca | Varied Rag Lichen |
| Platismatia tuckermanii | Crumpled Rag Lichen |
| Protoparmelia hypotremella | a sterile rim lichen |
| Pseudevernia cladonia | Ghost Antler Lichen |
| Pseudevernia consocians | Common Antler Lichen |
| Punctelia appalachensis | Appalachian Speckled Shield Lichen |
| Punctelia borreri | speckled shield lichen |
| Punctelia caseana | Case's Speckled Shield Lichen |
| Punctelia reddenda | Scottish Speckled Shield Lichen |
| Punctelia rudecta | Rough Speckled Shield Lichen |
| Tuckermannopsis americana | Fringed Wrinkle Lichen |
| Tuckermannopsis ciliaris | Fringed Wrinkle Lichen |
| Tuckermannopsis orbata | Variable Wrinkle Lichen |
| Usnea amblyoclada | Rock Beard Lichen |
| Usnea ceratina | Warty Beard Lichen |
| Usnea cornuta | Inflated Beard Lichen |
| Usnea dasopoga | Fishbone Beard Lichen |
| Usnea mutabilis | Bloody Beard Lichen |
| Usnea rubicunda | Red Beard Lichen |
| Usnea strigosa | Bushy Beard Lichen |
| Usnea subfloridana | Nit Beard Lichen |
| Usnea subfusca | Bushy Beard Lichen |
| Usnea subgracilis | Silken Beard Lichen |
| Usnea trichodea | Bony Beard Lichen |
| Usnocetraria oakesiana | Yellow Ribbon Lichen |
| Vulpicida viridis | Hidden Sunshine Lichen |
| Xanthoparmelia conspersa | Peppered Rock Shield |
| Xanthoparmelia stenophylla | Palomino Rock Shield Lichen |
| Xanthoparmelia viriduloumbrina | Shingled Rock Shield Lichen |
| Hypotrachyna lividescens | loop lichen |
| Hypotrachyna mcmulliniana | McMullin's Loop Lichen |
| Usnea tristis | Bushy Beard Lichen |
| Platismatia lacunosa | Crinkled Rag Lichen |
| Peltigeraceae | Lobaria pulmonaria | Common Lungwort |
| Peltigera aphthosa | Common Freckle Pelt |
| Peltigera evansiana | Peppered Pelt Lichen |
| Peltigera leucophlebia | Ruffled Freckle Pelt Lichen |
| Peltigera praetextata | Scaly Dog Lichen |
| Peltigera rufescens | Rufous Pelt Lichen |
| Ricasolia quercizans | Smooth Lungwort |
| Sticta beauvoisii | Fingered Moon Lichen |
| Pertusariaceae | Pertusaria globularis | Ballhead Wart Lichen |
| Physciaceae | Anaptychia palmulata | Shaggy Fringe Lichen |
| Polyblastidium casarettianum | |
| Heterodermia obscurata | Orange-bellied Fringe Lichen |
| Heterodermia speciosa | Powdered Fringe Lichen |
| Heterodermia squamulosa | Scaly Fringe Lichen |
| Leucodermia leucomelos | Elegant Fringe Lichen |
| Phaeophyscia pusilloides | Pom Pom Shadow Lichen |
| Phaeophyscia rubropulchra | Orange-cored Shadow Lichen |
| Physcia aipolia | Hoary Rosette Lichen |
| Physcia millegrana | Mealy Rosette Lichen |
| Physcia pseudospeciosa | Celebration Day Rosette Lichen |
| Physcia stellaris | Star Rosette Lichen |
| Physcia subtilis | Slender Rosette Lichen |
| Polyblastidium hypoleucum | Cupped Fringe Lichen |
| Ramalinaceae | Bacidia schweinitzii | Surprise Lichen |
| Ramalina americana | Sinewed Bush Lichen |
| Ramalina culbersoniorum | Southern Cartilage Lichen |
| Ramalina intermedia | Intermediate Cartilage Lichen |
| Ramalina labiosorediata | Chalky Bush Lichen |
| Ramalina pollinaria | |
| Ramalina calicaris | a cartilage lichen |
| Sarrameanaceae | Loxospora elatina | |
| Loxospora ochrophaea | Eastern Ragged-Rim Lichen |
| Stereocaulaceae | Lepraria finkii | Fluffy Dust Lichen |
| Stereocaulon paschale | Cottontail Foam Lichen |
| Stictidaceae | Stictis urceolatum | Can of Worms Lichen |
| Teloschistaceae | Rusavskia elegans | Elegant Sunburst Lichen |
| Flavoplaca flavocitrina | Lemon Shingles |
| Umbilicariaceae | Umbilicaria caroliniana | Carolina Toadskin |
| Umbilicaria papulosa | Common Toadskin |
| Umbilicaria pensylvanica | Pennsylvania Toadskin |
| Umbilicaria mammulata | Smooth Rock Tripe |
| Umbilicaria muhlenbergii | Muhlenberg's Rock Tripe |
| Umbilicaria vellea | navel lichen |
| Umbilicaria torrefacta | |
| Varicellariaceae | Varicellaria velata | Rimmed Wart Lichen |
| Verrucariaceae | Dermatocarpon luridum | Yellowish Brook Lichen, Silverskin Lichen |
| Dermatocarpon miniatum | Lesser Stippleback Lichen |
| Normandina pulchella | Elf-eared Lichen |