Lichens of North Carolina
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Scientific Name:
Common Name:
Family (Alpha):
ACAROSPORACEAE
AGYRIACEAE
AMPHISPHAERIACEAE
ANDREIOMYCETACEAE
APHANOPSIDACEAE
ARTHONIACEAE
ARTHOPYRENIACEAE
BAEOMYCETACEAE
BIONECTRIACEAE
BRIGANTIEACEAE
CALICIACEAE
CANDELARIACEAE
CARCINOMYCETACEAE
CATILLARIACEAE
CHRYSOTRICHACEAE
CLADONIACEAE
CLAVULINACEAE
COCCOCARPIACEAE
COENOGONIACEAE
COLLEMATACEAE
CONIOCYBACEAE
CORDIERITIDACEAE
CORTICIACEAE
CYSTOCOLEACEAE
DACAMPACEAE
DACAMPIACEAE
DACTYOLPSPORACEAE
DIDYMELLACEAE
DIPLOSCHISTACEAE
EPIGLOEACEAE
FISSURINACEAE
FUSCIDEACEAE
GOMPHILLACEAE
GRAPHIDACEAE
GYALECTACEAE
HAEMATOMMATACEAE
HARPIDIACEAE
HELICOGONIACEAE
HERPOTRICHIELLACEAE
HYDNACEAE
HYGROPHORACEAE
HYMENELIACEAE
ICMADOPHILACEAE
LECANOGRAPHACEAE
LECANORACEAE
LECIDEACEAE
LEPROCAULACEAE
LICHENOCONIACEAE
LICHENOTHELIACEAE
LICHINACEAE
LOPADIACEAE
MEGALARIACEAE
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
SAREACEAE
SARRAMEANACEAE
SCOLICIOSPORACEAE
SPHINCTRINACEAE
SPIROGRAPHACEAE
STEREOCAULACEAE
STICTIDACEAE
STICTOGRAPHACEAE
STRANGOSPORACEAE
STRIGULACEAE
TELOSCHISTACEAE
TEPHROMELATACEAE
THELENELLACEAE
THELOCARPACEAE
THELOTREMATACEAE
TRAPELIACEAE
TREMELLACEAE
TRICHOTHELIACEAE
TRICHOTHYRIACEAE
TRYPETHELIACEAE
UMBILICARIACEAE
UNCERTAIN
VAHLIELLACEAE
VARICELLARIACEAE
VARIOLARIACEAE
VERRUCARIACEAE
VEZDAEACEAE
XYLOGRAPHACEAE
22 species for
Yadkin County
family
sciName
comName
Cladoniaceae
Cladonia apodocarpa
Stalkless Cladonia
Cladonia arbuscula subsp. arbuscula
reindeer lichen
Cladonia ciliata var. tenuis
Cladonia conista
cup lichen
Cladonia cristatella
British Soldiers
Cladonia didyma var. vulcanica
Southern Soldiers
Cladonia furcata
Forked Cladonia
Cladonia grayi
Gray's Cup Lichen
Cladonia humilis
cup lichen
Cladonia mataeocyatha
Cladonia squamosa
Dragon Cladonia
Cladonia strepsilis
Olive Cladonia
Cladonia subcariosa
peg lichen
Cladonia subtenuis
Dixie Reindeer Lichen
Cladonia verticillata
Whorled Ladder Lichen
Lepraria finkii
Fink's Dust Lichen
Lepraria vouauxii
dust lichen
Pycnothelia papillaria
Gnome Fingers
Coenogoniaceae
Coenogonium pineti
Diploschistaceae
Diploschistes scruposus
crater lichen
Lecanoraceae
Lecanora nothocaesiella
rim lichen
Peltigeraceae
Lobaria pulmonaria
Tree Lungwort