Usnea filipendula

Fishbone beard lichen
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Parmeliaceae
Genus: Usnea
Species: U. filipendula
Binomial name
Usnea filipendula
Stirt. (1881)
Synonyms[1]
  • Usnea dasopoga var. fibrillosa (Motyka) Keissl. (1960)
  • Usnea fibrillosa Motyka (1936)
  • Usnea muricata Motyka (1936)

Usnea filipendula (fishbone beard lichen) is a pale gray-green lichen lichen with a pendant growth form, growing in up to 20 cm many-branching tassels hanging from the bark of trees.[2] In California, it mostly grows on mostly conifer in the Coast Range, but also in the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada range.[2]:206 It lacks apothecia.[2] It is similar to Usnea scabrata, but is darker, has a thicker cortex, and different chemistry.[2] Lichen spot tests are K+ red, KC-, C-, and P+ yellow.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Synonymy: Usnea filipendula Stirt.". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2014-10-04.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-19500-2


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