Usnea mutabilis
Species of lichen
Usnea mutabilis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Lecanorales |
Family: | Parmeliaceae |
Genus: | Usnea |
Species: | U. mutabilis |
Binomial name | |
Usnea mutabilis Stirt. (1881) |
Usnea mutabilis is a grayish-yellowish pale green, unequally branching, shrubby (fruticose) 3–7 cm long lichen commonly anchored on holdfasts on trees, mostly in eastern North America, sometimes in chaparral shrubs or pines in California.[1]: 212 It is darker green than other members of the genus Usnea.[1]: 212 The surface is covered with isolated, or clusters of, isidia.[1]: 212 It lacks apothecia.[1]: 212
The common name is bloody beard lichen.[1]: 212 The thick axis and medulla are dull red.[1]: 212
References
- ^ a b c d e f Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-19500-2
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