Lichens of North Carolina
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Baculifera curtisii (Tuck.) Marbach - Curtis' Button Lichen



Image by Gary Perlmutter

Ascoma section with spores. Image by Gary Perlmutter
Taxonomy
Phylum: Ascomycota Class: Lecanoromycetes Order: CalicialesFamily: CaliciaceaeSynonym: Buellia curtisii (Tuck.) Imshaug
MycoBank_number: 464847Taxonomic Reference: Bibliotheca Lichenologica 74: 119 (2000)                                                                                 
Comments: Type from North Carolina as Gyrostomum curtisii Tuck. Species is named after Moses A. Curtis (1808-1872), a mycologist who lived and studied in Hillsboro, Orange County.
Identification
Description: Technical Description: Tuckerman, E. (1858) Supplement to an enumeration of North American lichens; Part first, containing brief diagnoses of new species. American Journal of Science and Arts 25: 422-430.
LichenPortal Account: Lichen Portal
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Photo Gallery for Baculifera curtisii - Curtis' Button Lichen

Recorded by: Gary Perlmutter
Chatham Co.
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Recorded by: Gary Perlmutter, Eimy Rivas Plata & Natasha Leucking
Durham Co.
Comment: Thallus with ascomata. Image by Gary Perlmutter
Recorded by: Gary Perlmutter
Durham Co.
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Recorded by: Gary Perlmutter, Eimy Rivas Plata & Natasha Leucking
Durham Co.
Comment: On fallen branch/twigs.
Recorded by: Jason Hollinger
Haywood Co.
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Surry Co.
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Recorded by: Gary Perlmutter
Wake Co.
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