Biology:Usnea intermedia
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Short description: Species of lichen
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Scientific classification 
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| 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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Usnea intermedia, the western bushy beard, is a grayish-yellowish pale green, irregularly much-branching, stiff shrubby fruticose lichen commonly anchored on holdfasts on trees, often on oaks.[2]: 201 Abundant apothecia are convex discs with a ring or thallus-like margin having tendril-like fringe radiating from it.[2]: 201 It was formerly called U. arizonica in North America.[2]: 201
See also
- List of Usnea species
References
- ↑ NatureServe. "Usnea intermedia" (in en). Arlington, Virginia. https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.1047700/.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-19500-2
Wikidata ☰ Q10711230 entry
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