Lichens of North Carolina
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125 species for Wilkes County

familysciNamecomName
AcarosporaceaeSarcogyne similisa grain-spored lichen
CaliciaceaeBuellia erubescensCommon Button Lichen
Calicium abietinumBlack Stubble Lichen
Pyxine sorediataa mustard lichen
CandelariaceaeCandelaria fibrosaFringed Candleflame Lichen
Candelariella efflorescensPowdery Goldspeck
ChrysotrichaceaeChrysothrix insulizansgold dust lichen
CladoniaceaeCladonia apodocarpaStalkless Cladonia
Cladonia arbusculareindeer lichen
Cladonia chlorophaeaMealy Pixie-cup
Cladonia cristatellaBritish Soldiers
Cladonia cryptochlorophaeaHidden Mealy Pixie-cup Lichen
Cladonia didymaSouthern Soldiers
Cladonia furcataForked Cladonia
Cladonia grayiGray's Pixie-cup Lichen
Cladonia incrassataPowder-foot British Soldiers
Cladonia macilentaLipstick Powderhorn
Cladonia mateocyathaMixed-up Pixie Cups
Cladonia ochrochloraSmooth-footed Powderhorn
Cladonia peziziformisTurban Lichen
Cladonia piedmontensisScruffy Peg Lichen
Cladonia rangiferinaGray Reindeer Lichen
Cladonia squamosaDragon Cladonia
Cladonia stipitataStipitate Cladonia
Cladonia strepsilisOlive Cladonia
Cladonia subcariosaPeg Lichen
Cladonia verticillataLadder Lichen
Pycnothelia papillariaGnome Fingers
CoccocarpiaceaeCoccocarpia palmicolaSalted Shell Lichen
CollemataceaeCollema furfuraceumEffervescent Tarpaper Lichen
Leptogium chloromelumRuffled Jellyskin
Leptogium cyanescensBlue Jellyskin Lichen
GomphillaceaeGomphillus americanusAmerican Gomphillus
GraphidaceaeDiploschistes scruposuscrater lichen
IcmadophilaceaeDibaeis baeomycesPink Earth Lichen
LecanoraceaeLecanora hybocarpaBumpy Rim Lichen
LecideaceaePorpidia macrocarpaBig-fruited Boulder Lichen
OchrolechiaceaeLepra pustulataPustule Crust Lichen
Ochrolechia pseudopallescensFalse Pallid Saucer Lichen
PannariaceaeFuscopannaria leucostictaWhite-rimmed Shingle Lichen
ParmeliaceaeAhtiana aurescensEastern Candlewax Lichen
Anzia colpodesBlack Fringe Foam Lichen
Canoparmelia carolinianaCarolina Shield Lichen
Cetrelia chicitaeChicita's Sea-storm Lichen
Cetrelia olivetorumOlive Sea-storm Lichen
Flavoparmelia baltimorensisRock Greenshield Lichen
Flavoparmelia caperataCommon Greenshield Lichen
Flavopunctelia flaventiorSpeckled Greenshield Lichen
Hypotrachyna afrorevolutaPustulate Revolute Loop Lichen
Hypotrachyna horrescensHairy-spined Shield Lichen
Hypotrachyna minarumHairless-spined Shield Lichen
Imshaugia aleuritesSalted Starburst Lichen
Melanohalea haleiAppalachian Tree Camouflage Lichen
Menegazzia subsimilisTree Flute Lichen
Myelochroa aurulentaPowdery Axil-bristle Lichen
Myelochroa galbinaSmooth Axil-bristle Lichen
Parmelia squarrosaBottlebrush Shield Lichen
Parmotrema cetratumruffle lichen
Parmotrema commensuratumCommensurate Ruffle Lichen
Parmotrema crinitumSalted Ruffle Lichen
Parmotrema hypotropumPowdered Ruffle Lichen
Parmotrema xanthinumYellow Ruffle Lichen
Parmotrema margaritatumruffle lichen
Parmotrema perforatumPerforated Ruffle Lichen
Parmotrema reticulatumReticulated Ruffle Lichen
Parmotrema subisidiosumSalted Ruffle Lichen
Platismatia tuckermaniiCrumpled Rag Lichen
Pseudevernia consociansCommon Antler Lichen
Punctelia appalachensisAppalachian Speckled Shield Lichen
Punctelia borrerispeckled shield lichen
Punctelia caseanaCase's Speckled Shield Lichen
Punctelia missouriensisMissouri Speckled Shield Lichen
Punctelia rudectaRough Speckled Shield Lichen
Tuckermannopsis americanaFringed Wrinkle Lichen
Tuckermannopsis ciliarisFringed Wrinkle Lichen
Usnea ceratinaWarty Beard Lichen
Usnea rubicundaRed Beard Lichen
Usnocetraria oakesianaYellow Ribbon Lichen
Xanthoparmelia conspersaPeppered Rock Shield
Hypotrachyna mcmullinianaMcMullin's Loop Lichen
PeltigeraceaeNephroma helveticumFringed Kidney Lichen
Peltigera aphthosaCommon Freckle Pelt
Peltigera caninaDog Lichen
Peltigera leucophlebiaRuffled Freckle Pelt Lichen
Pseudocyphellaria holarcticaYellow Specklebelly Lichen
Ricasolia quercizansSmooth Lungwort
Sticta beauvoisiiFingered Moon Lichen
PeltulaceaePeltula cylindricaCylindrical Rock Olive
Peltula zahlbruckneriZahlbruckner's Rock Olive
PertusariaceaePertusaria globularisBallhead Wart Lichen
Pertusaria leioplacaOstrich Hide Lichen
Pertusaria paratuberculiferaSpotted Wart Lichen
Pertusaria propinquawart lichen
PhysciaceaeAnaptychia palmulataShaggy Fringe Lichen
Polyblastidium casarettianum
Heterodermia croceaOrange-bellied Fringe Lichen
Heterodermia galactophyllaBranching Fringe Lichen
Heterodermia obscurataOrange-bellied Fringe Lichen
Heterodermia speciosaPowdered Fringe Lichen
Heterodermia squamulosaScaly Fringe Lichen
Leucodermia appalachensisAppalachian Fringe Lichen
Leucodermia leucomelosElegant Fringe Lichen
Phaeophyscia adiastolaPowder-tipped Shadow Lichen
Phaeophyscia insignisshadow lichen
Phaeophyscia pusilloidesPom Pom Shadow Lichen
Phaeophyscia rubropulchraOrange-cored Shadow Lichen
Physcia aipoliaHoary Rosette Lichen
Physcia americanaPowdery Rosette Lichen
Physcia sorediosaBlack-bottomed Rosette Lichen
Physcia stellarisStar Rosette Lichen
Physcia thomsonianaThomson's Rosette Lichen
Polyblastidium hypoleucumCupped Fringe Lichen
Heterodermia langdonianaLangdon's Fringe Lichen
RamalinaceaeRamalina culbersoniorumSouthern Cartilage Lichen
RamboldiaceaeRamboldia blochianaRambold's lichen
RhizocarpaceaeRhizocarpon reductummap lichen
StereocaulaceaeHertelidea pseudobotryosa
Lepraria caesielladust lichen
Lepraria finkiiFluffy Dust Lichen
Lepraria harrisianaHarris' Dust Lichen
Stereocaulon pileatumPixie Foam Lichen
StictidaceaeStictis urceolatumCan of Worms Lichen
TremellaceaeTremella parmeliarum
UmbilicariaceaeUmbilicaria papulosaCommon Toadskin
Umbilicaria mammulataSmooth Rock Tripe