Biology:Usnea mutabilis

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Short description: Species of lichen

Usnea mutabilis
Usnea mutabilis - Flickr - pellaea.jpg
In Delmarva
Scientific classification edit
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

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, ISBN:978-0-300-19500-2

Wikidata ☰ Q10711238 entry