Usnea intermedia
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
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Lecanorales |
| Family: | Parmeliaceae |
| Genus: | Usnea |
| Species: | U. intermedia |
| Binomial name | |
| Usnea intermedia Jatta | |
References
- Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-19500-2
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