Biology:Usnea intermedia
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Short description: Species of lichen
| Usnea intermedia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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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| Synonyms | |
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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.[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
References
Wikidata ☰ Q10711230 entry
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