Lichens of North Carolina
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368 species for Yancey County

familysciNamecomName
AcarosporaceaeAcarospora fuscataBrown Cobblestone Lichen
AgyriaceaeAgyrium rufumRufous Dot Fungus
AndreiomycetaceaeAndreiomyces morozianusMoroz' Dust Lichen
ArthoniaceaeArthonia vinosaWine Red Comma Lichen
Arthothelium spectabileSpectacular Comma Lichen
Coniarthonia kermesinaHot Dots
Coniocarpon cinnabarinumBloody Comma Lichen
Arthonia ligniariella
BaeomycetaceaeBaeomyces rufusBrown Beret Lichen
CaliciaceaeAmandinea punctataTiny Button Lichen
Buellia erubescensCommon Button Lichen
Calicium glaucellumpin lichen
Calicium tigillareYellow Soot Lichen
Pyxine sorediataa mustard lichen
Buellia badiaParasitic Button Lichen
CladoniaceaeCetradonia linearisRock Gnome Lichen
Cladonia apodocarpaStalkless Cladonia
Cladonia arbusculareindeer lichen
Cladonia caespiticiaStubby-stalked Cladonia
Cladonia cenoteaPowdered Funnel Lichen
Cladonia chlorophaeaMealy Pixie-cup
Cladonia cocciferaRed Pixie Cup
Cladonia coniocraeaCommon Powderhorn
Cladonia cristatellaBritish Soldiers
Cladonia cryptochlorophaeaHidden Mealy Pixie-cup Lichen
Cladonia didymaSouthern Soldiers
Cladonia digitataFinger Pixie-cup Lichen
Cladonia floerkeanaDevil's Matchsticks
Cladonia furcataForked Cladonia
Cladonia grayiGray's Pixie-cup Lichen
Cladonia incrassataPowder-foot British Soldiers
Cladonia macilentaLipstick Powderhorn
Cladonia mateocyathaMixed-up Pixie Cups
Cladonia merochlorophaeaGritty Pixie-cup
Cladonia multiformisShape-shifting Pixie Lichen
Cladonia ochrochloraSmooth-footed Powderhorn
Cladonia parasiticaFence-rail Cladonia
Cladonia peziziformisTurban Lichen
Cladonia pleurotaRed-fruited Pixie-cup Lichen
Cladonia pyxidataPebbled Pyxie-cup Lichen
Cladonia ramulosaBranched Pixie-cup Lichen
Cladonia rangiferinaGray Reindeer Lichen
Cladonia squamosaDragon Cladonia
Cladonia strepsilisOlive Cladonia
Cladonia subcariosaPeg Lichen
Cladonia subtenuisDixie Reindeer Lichen
Cladonia uncialisThorn Cladonia
Cladonia verticillataLadder Lichen
Pilophorus fibulaAppalachian Matchsticks
Cladonia ignatiiSt. Ignatius Cladonia
CoccocarpiaceaeCoccocarpia palmicolaSalted Shell Lichen
CoenogoniaceaeCoenogonium pinetiPine Dimple Lichen
CollemataceaeCollema flaccidumFlaking Tarpaper Lichen
Collema subflaccidumTree Jelly Lichen
Leptogium chloromelumRuffled Jellyskin
Leptogium corticolaBlistered Jellyskin Lichen
Leptogium cyanescensBlue Jellyskin Lichen
Leptogium laceroidesjellyskin
Scytinium lichenoidesTattered Jellyskin
ConiocybaceaeChaenotheca balsamconensisBalsam Pin Lichen
Chaenotheca ferrugineaRusty Stubble Lichen
CyphobasidiaceaeCyphobasidium hypogymniicolaLoop Lichen Cyphobasidium
CystocoleaceaeCystocoleus ebeneusRock Hair Lichen, Velvet Lichen
GomphillaceaeGyalideopsis piceicolaSpruce Gyalideopsis
Gyalideopsis epicorticisEpicortic Gyalideopsis
GraphidaceaeDiploschistes actinostomuscrater lichen
Diploschistes scruposuscrater lichen
Fissurina insidiosafissure lichen
Graphis scriptaCommon Script Lichen
Allographa sterlingianaMount Sterling Script Lichen
IcmadophilaceaeDibaeis baeomycesPink Earth Lichen
Icmadophila ericetorumPeppermint Drop Lichen
LecanoraceaeJapewia tornoensisHidden Dot Lichen
Japewiella dollypartonianaDolly Parton Lichen
Lecanora allophanaBrown-eyed Rim Lichen
Lecanora caesiorubellaFrosted Rim Lichen
Lecanora cinereofuscaBeaded Rim Lichen
Lecanora hybocarpaBumpy Rim Lichen
Lecanora insignisrim lichen
Lecanora masanaMasa's Dots
Lecanora pulicarisCommon Rim Lichen
Lecanora rugosellaRugose Rim Lichen
Lecanora saxigenaAppalachian Rock Rim Lichen
Lecanora strobilinaMealy Rim Lichen
Lecanora subrugosaSubrugose Rim Lichen
Lecanora symmictaFused Rim Lichen
Lecanora wisconsinensisWisconsin Rim Lichen
Miriquidica leucophaeaWhite-brown miriquidica lichen
Xanthosyne variansVariegated Dot Lichen
Lecanora layanaLay's Rim Lichen
Lecanora polytropaGranite Speck Rim Lichen
Lecanora darlingiaeDarling's Rim Lichen
Lecanora sachsianaSachs' Rim Lichen
Myriolecis dispersaMortar Rim Lichen
Palicella filamentosaFilamentous Palice's Lichen
Lecanora albellaWhite Rim Lichen
LecideaceaeClauzadea monticolaClauzade's Mountain Disc Lichen
Lecidea cyrtidiaa tile lichen
Lecidea nylanderiNylander's Tile Lichen
Lecidea roseotinctaRose-tinted Disc Lichen
Porpidia albocaerulescensSmoky-eyed Boulder Lichen
Porpidia cinereoatraDark Gray Boulder Lichen
Porpidia contraponendaWinter's Remembrance Boulder Lichen
Porpidia crustulataConcentric Boulder Lichen
Porpidia degeliiDegelius' Boulder Lichen
Porpidia nigrocruentaBloody-black Boulder Lichen
Porpidia subsimplexboulder lichen
Lecidea tessellataMosaic Tile Lichen
LeprocaulaceaeHalecania pepegosporaa dot lichen
LichenotheliaceaeEndococcus propinquusa lichenicolous fungus
LichinaceaePhylliscum demangeoniiBlack Rock-wafer Lichen
LopadiaceaeLopadium disciformeUrn Disk Lichen
MycocaliciaceaeChaenothecopsis pusillastubble fungus
MycosphaerellaceaeSphaerellothecium coniodesBaeomyces Fungus
OchrolechiaceaeLepra amaraBitter Wart Lichen
Lepra multipunctoidesDotted Fluff-wart Lichen
Lepra ophthalmizaRagged Wart Lichen
Lepra trachythallinaPowdered Wart Lichen
Lepra waghorneiWaghorne's Fluff-wart Lichen
Ochrolechia arboreaTree Saucer Lichen
Ochrolechia tartareaTartar Saucer Lichen
Ochrolechia trochophoraRosy Saucer Lichen
Ochrolechia yasudaeCoral Saucer Lichen
Lepra excludensa fluff-wart lichen
Ochrolechia mahluensisMahlu Ochrolechia
OpegraphaceaeGyrographa gyrocarpaTwisted Scribble Lichen
Opegrapha morozianaMoroz' Scribble Lichen
PannariaceaeFuscopannaria leucostictaWhite-rimmed Shingle Lichen
Fuscopannaria sorediataGranular Shingle Lichen
Parmeliella corallinoidesCoral Shingle Lichen
ParmeliaceaeAlectoria fallacinaBubbling Witches Hair
Anzia colpodesBlack Fringe Foam Lichen
Bryoria bicolorElectric Horsehair Lichen
Bryoria furcellataBurred Horsehair Lichen
Bryoria nadvornikianaSpiny Gray Horsehair Lichen
Bryoria tenuisPied Horsehair Lichen
Canoparmelia carolinianaCarolina Shield Lichen
Cetraria laevigataStriped Iceland Lichen
Cetrelia cetrarioidesDownside Sea-storm Lichen
Cetrelia chicitaeChicita's Sea-storm Lichen
Cetrelia monachorumMonastic Seastorm Lichen
Cetrelia olivetorumOlive Sea-storm Lichen
Flavoparmelia baltimorensisRock Greenshield Lichen
Flavoparmelia caperataCommon Greenshield Lichen
Hypogymnia enteromorphaBudding Tube Lichen
Hypogymnia incurvoidesLattice Tube Lichen
Hypogymnia krogiaeFreckled Tube Lichen
Hypogymnia physodesMonk's Hood Lichen
Hypogymnia tubulosaPowder-headed Tube Lichen
Hypogymnia vittataBrownish Monk's-Hood Lichen
Hypotrachyna afrorevolutaPustulate Revolute Loop Lichen
Hypotrachyna catawbiensisPowder-tipped Antler Lichen
Hypotrachyna croceopustulataYellow-cored Loop Lichen
Hypotrachyna densirhizinataloop lichen
Hypotrachyna dentellaloop lichen
Hypotrachyna gondylophoraloop lichen
Hypotrachyna horrescensHairy-spined Shield Lichen
Hypotrachyna imbricatulaloop lichen
Hypotrachyna laevigataloop lichen
Hypotrachyna lividaWrinkled Loop Lichen
Hypotrachyna minarumHairless-spined Shield Lichen
Hypotrachyna oostingiiOosting's Loop Lichen
Hypotrachyna prolongataloop lichen
Hypotrachyna revolutaloop lichen
Hypotrachyna rockiiloop lichen
Hypotrachyna sinuosaGreen Loop Lichen
Hypotrachyna spumosaPustuled Shield Lichen
Hypotrachyna taylorensisTaylor's Loop Lichen
Hypotrachyna thysanotaloop lichen
Hypotrachyna virginicaVirginia Loop Lichen
Imshaugia aleuritesSalted Starburst Lichen
Melanelia stygiaAlpine Camouflage Lichen
Melanelixia subauriferaAbraded Camouflage Lichen
Melanohalea haleiAppalachian Tree Camouflage Lichen
Menegazzia subsimilisTree Flute Lichen
Menegazzia terebrataPort-hole Lichen
Myelochroa aurulentaPowdery Axil-bristle Lichen
Myelochroa galbinaSmooth Axil-bristle Lichen
Myelochroa metarevolutaJapanese Axil-bristle Lichen
Parmelia omphalodesSmoky Shield Lichen
Parmelia saxatilisSalted Shield Lichen
Parmelia squarrosaBottlebrush Shield Lichen
Parmelia sulcataHammered Shield Lichen
Parmotrema arnoldiiArnold's Ruffle Lichen
Parmotrema commensuratumCommensurate Ruffle Lichen
Parmotrema crinitumSalted Ruffle Lichen
Parmotrema hypotropumPowdered Ruffle Lichen
Parmotrema perlatumPowdered Ruffle Lichen
Parmotrema reticulatumReticulated Ruffle Lichen
Parmotrema stuppeumPowder-Edged Ruffle Lichen
Parmotrema subisidiosumSalted Ruffle Lichen
Platismatia glaucaVaried Rag Lichen
Platismatia tuckermaniiCrumpled Rag Lichen
Protoparmelia hypotremellaa sterile rim lichen
Pseudevernia cladoniaGhost Antler Lichen
Pseudevernia consociansCommon Antler Lichen
Punctelia appalachensisAppalachian Speckled Shield Lichen
Punctelia caseanaCase's Speckled Shield Lichen
Punctelia reddendaScottish Speckled Shield Lichen
Punctelia rudectaRough Speckled Shield Lichen
Tuckermannopsis americanaFringed Wrinkle Lichen
Tuckermannopsis ciliarisFringed Wrinkle Lichen
Tuckermannopsis orbataVariable Wrinkle Lichen
Usnea angulataOld Man's Beard
Usnea ceratinaWarty Beard Lichen
Usnea cornutaInflated Beard Lichen
Usnea dasopogaFishbone Beard Lichen
Usnea fulvoreagensYellowing Beard Lichen
Usnea haleiHale's Beard Lichen
Usnea merrilliiBeaded Beard Lichen
Usnea mutabilisBloody Beard Lichen
Usnea praetervisaBlack-footed Beard Lichen
Usnea rubicundaRed Beard Lichen
Usnea silesiacaBlackened Beard Lichen
Usnea strigosaBushy Beard Lichen
Usnea subfloridanaNit Beard Lichen
Usnea subfuscaBushy Beard Lichen
Usnea subgracilisSilken Beard Lichen
Usnea subscabrosaHorny Beard Llichen
Usnea trichodeaBony Beard Lichen
Usnocetraria oakesianaYellow Ribbon Lichen
Xanthoparmelia conspersaPeppered Rock Shield
Xanthoparmelia cumberlandiaCumberland Rock-shield
Xanthoparmelia plittiiPlitt's Rock-shield
Bryoria fuscescensPale-Footed Horsehair Lichen
Bryoria americanaAmerican Horsehair Lichen
Bryoria trichodesInelegant Horsehair Lichen
Hypotrachyna lividescensloop lichen
Hypotrachyna britannicaBritish Loop Lichen
Hypotrachyna kauffmanianaKauffman's Loop Lichen
Hypotrachyna mcmullinianaMcMullin's Loop Lichen
Melanohalea exasperatulaLustrous Camoflage Lichen
Parmelia neodiscordansAppalachian Shield Lichen
Usnea fragilescensbeard lichen
Usnea glabrataLustrous Beard Lichen
Usnea subrubicundaBay of Fundy Beard Lichen
Usnea floridaWitches' Whiskers Lichen
Usnea chicitaeChicita's Beard Lichen
PeltigeraceaeCrocodia aurataGreen Specklebelly Lichen
Lobaria pulmonariaCommon Lungwort
Lobarina scrobiculataTextured Lungwort
Nephroma helveticumFringed Kidney Lichen
Nephroma parilePowdery Kidney Lichen
Peltigera aphthosaCommon Freckle Pelt
Peltigera caninaDog Lichen
Peltigera didactylaAlternating Pelt Lichen
Peltigera horizontalisFlat Fruit Pelt Lichen
Peltigera leucophlebiaRuffled Freckle Pelt Lichen
Peltigera neckeriBlack-saddle Pelt Lichen
Peltigera polydactylonMany-fingered Pelt Lichen
Peltigera ponojensisPale-bellied Pelt Lichen
Peltigera praetextataScaly Dog Lichen
Peltigera rufescensRufous Pelt Lichen
Peltigera senecaSeneca Pelt Lichen
Pseudocyphellaria deyiDey's Specklebelly Lichen
Pseudocyphellaria epiflavoidesYellow-tipped Specklebelly Lichen
Ricasolia quercizansSmooth Lungwort
Sticta beauvoisiiFingered Moon Lichen
Sticta carolinensisCarolina Moon Lichen
Sticta fragilinataFragile Moon Lichen
Sticta fuliginosaPeppered Moon Lichen
Sticta sylvaticaForest Moon Lichen
Peltigera extenuataSheepish Pelt Lichen
PertusariaceaePertusaria appalachensisAppalachian Wart Lichen
Pertusaria globularisBallhead Wart Lichen
Pertusaria macouniiMacoun's Wart Lichen
Pertusaria neoscoticaNova Scotia Pore Lichen
Pertusaria paratuberculiferaSpotted Wart Lichen
Pertusaria superianaSuper's Wart Lichen
PhlyctidaceaePhlyctis boliviensisBark Whitewash Lichen
Phlyctis petraeaRock Whitewash Lichen
Phlyctis speireawhitewash lichen
PhysciaceaeAnaptychia palmulataShaggy Fringe Lichen
Polyblastidium casarettianuma fringe lichen
Polyblastidium japonicumJapanese Fringe Lichen
Polyblastidium neglectumNeglected Fringe Lichen
Heterodermia obscurataOrange-bellied Fringe Lichen
Heterodermia pseudospeciosafringe lichen
Heterodermia speciosaPowdered Fringe Lichen
Heterodermia squamulosaScaly Fringe Lichen
Leucodermia appalachensisAppalachian Fringe Lichen
Leucodermia leucomelosElegant Fringe Lichen
Phaeophyscia pusilloidesPom Pom Shadow Lichen
Physcia adscendensHooded Rosette Lichen
Physcia phaeaBlack-eyed Rosette Lichen
Physcia pseudospeciosaCelebration Day Rosette Lichen
Physcia sorediosaBlack-bottomed Rosette Lichen
Physcia stellarisStar Rosette Lichen
Physcia thomsonianaThomson's Rosette Lichen
Rinodina ascociscanaScaly Pepper-spore Lichen
Rinodina braunianaBraun's Pepper-spored Lichen
Rinodina buckiiBuck's Pepper-spored Lichen
Rinodina subpariataSubpar Pepper-spore Lichen
Rinodina subminutaSubminute Pepper-spore Lichen
Rinodina tephraspisa pepper-spored lichen
Physcia caesiaBlue-Gray Rosette Lichen
PilocarpaceaeMicarea endocyaneaInner Blue Dot Lichen
Micarea melaenaa dot lichen
Micarea micrococcaMicrodot Micarea Lichen
Micarea peliocarpaShadow Dot Lichen
Micarea prasinaGreen Dot Lichen
Micarea pycnidiophoraPycnidiate Dot Lichen
Byssoloma marginatuma fuzzy rim lichen
Schadonia saulskellyanaMary Sauls Kelly's Dots
PlacynthiaceaePlacynthium nigrumBlackthread Lichen
PorinaceaePorina scabridaScabrid Pimple Lichen
PycnoraceaePycnora sorophoraAdnate Areole Lichen
PyrenulaceaePyrenula pseudobufoniaEastern Pox Lichen
RamalinaceaeBiatora appalachensisAppalachian Dotted Lichen
Biatora ponticaBlack Sea Dot Lichen
Bilimbia sabuletorumSix-celled Moss Dot Lichen
Ramalina americanaSinewed Bush Lichen
Ramalina intermediaIntermediate Cartilage Lichen
Biatora chrysanthaGolden Dot Lichen
Lecania cyrtellaa rimmed dot lichen
RhizocarpaceaeRhizocarpon geographicumYellow Map Lichen
Rhizocarpon infernulum f. sylvaticumSmooth Brown Map Lichen
Rhizocarpon oederiOeder's Map Lichen
Rhizocarpon rubescensRufous Map Lichen
Rhizocarpon subgeminatuma map lichen
RoccellaceaeEnterographa zonataZone Enterographa
Psoronactis dillenianaPsoronactis Lichen
RopalosporaceaeRopalospora chloranthaComet-spored Lichen
SarrameanaceaeLoxospora ochrophaeaEastern Ragged-Rim Lichen
ScoliciosporaceaeScoliciosporum umbrinumUmber Dot Lichen
StereocaulaceaeLepraria caesielladust lichen
Lepraria cryophilaCold-loving Dust Lichen
Lepraria elobatadust lichen
Lepraria finkiiFluffy Dust Lichen
Lepraria jackiiJack's Dust Lichen
Lepraria lanataAppalachian Dust Bunnies
Lepraria normandinoidesElf-ear Dust Lichen
Lepraria oxybaphaLesser Lichen Vulgaris
Stereocaulon dactylophyllumFinger-scale Foam Lichen
Stereocaulon paschaleCottontail Foam Lichen
Stereocaulon pileatumPixie Foam Lichen
Stereocaulon tennesseenseBony Foam Lichen
Lepraria humidaHumid Dust Lichen
Lepraria rigidulaRigid Dust Lichen
StictidaceaeStictis urceolatumCan of Worms Lichen
TeloschistaceaeLendemeriella reptans Creeping Lendemer's Lichen
Gyalolechia flavovirescensSulfur Firedot
Xanthomendoza ulophyllodesPowdery Sunburst Lichen
TephromelataceaeMycoblastus caesiusLight Blue Blood Lichen
Mycoblastus sanguinariusBloody Heart Lichen
Violella fucataInner Violet Lichen
Mycoblastus sanguinarioidesInspersed Blood Lichen
TrapeliaceaePlacynthiella icmaleaStiff Tar-spot Lichen
Trapelia coarctataArctic Pebble Lichen
Trapelia corticolaBark Trapelia
Trapelia stipitataStipitate Pebble Lichen
Trapeliopsis flexuosaFence-rail Lichen
Trapeliopsis gelatinosaa mottled disk lichen
Trapeliopsis granulosaGranular Mottled-Disk Lichen
Trapeliopsis viridescensGreen Mottled-disk Lichen
Rimularia badioatraBeaded Rimularia
TremellaceaeTremella cladoniaeCladonia Jelly Fungus
TrypetheliaceaeArthopyrenia betulicolaOld Birch Spots
UmbilicariaceaeUmbilicaria carolinianaCarolina Toadskin
Umbilicaria papulosaCommon Toadskin
Umbilicaria pensylvanicaPennsylvania Toadskin
Umbilicaria mammulataSmooth Rock Tripe
UncertainBiatoropsis usnearuma beard lichen fungus
Muellerella lichenicolaa lichenicolous fungus
Bachmanniomyces punctuma lichenicolous fungus
VaricellariaceaeVaricellaria velataRimmed Wart Lichen
VerrucariaceaeDermatocarpon luridumStreamside Stippleback Lichen
Normandina pulchellaElf-eared Lichen