Usnea scabrata

Usnea scabrata
	In West Butte, Sweet Grass Hills, Montana, USA
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Lecanorales
Family:	Parmeliaceae
Genus:	Usnea
Species:	U. scabrata
Binomial name
	Usnea scabrata; Nyl. (1875)

Usnea scabrata, the straw beard lichen, is a pale grayish-yellowish green, slender, pendant, branching from the base, unequally branching, shrubby fruticose lichen that grows from holdfasts on trees.^[1]^: 214 It is warty with abundant isidia.^[1]^: 214 It resembles Usnea filipendula.^[1]^: 214

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-19500-2

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[SSFGCL-1] Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-19500-2

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