Lichens of North Carolina
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Lepraria harrisiana Lendemer - Harris' Dust Lichen



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Taxonomy
Family: STEREOCAULACEAE                                                                                 
Comments: Type from Dismal Swamp State Park in Camden County, North Carolina (Lendemer 2012).
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Technical Description: Lendemer, J.C. (2012) Perspectives on chemotaxonomy: Molecular data confirm the existence of two morphologically distinct species within a chemically defined Lepraria caesiella (Stereocaulaceae). - Castanea 77(1): 89-105.                                                                                  
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Recorded by: Gary Perlmutter et al.
Bladen Co.
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Orange Co.
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