Usnea intermedia
Usnea intermedia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Lecanorales |
Family: | Parmeliaceae |
Genus: | Usnea |
Species: | U. intermedia
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Binomial name | |
Usnea intermedia (A.Massal.) Jatta (1909)
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Synonyms | |
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Usnea intermedia, the western bushy beard, is a grayish-yellowish pale green, irregularly much-branching, stiff shrubby foliose lichen commonly anchored on holdfasts on trees, often on oaks.[1]: 201 Abundant apothecia are convex discs with a ring or thallus-like margin having tendril-like fringe radiating from it.[1]: 201 It was formerly called U. arizonica in North America.[1]: 201
References[]
Categories:
- Usnea
- Lichens of North America
- Taxa named by Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo
- Lichens described in 1856
- Parmeliaceae stubs