Biology:Usnea scabrata

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Short description: Species of lichen

Usnea scabrata
Usnea scabrata - Flickr - pellaea.jpg
In West Butte, Sweet Grass Hills, Montana, USA
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Parmeliaceae
Genus: Usnea
Species:
U. scabrata
Binomial name
Usnea scabrata
Nyl. (1875)

Usnea scabrata, the straw beard lichen, is a pale grayish-yellowish green, slender, pendant, branching from the base, unequally branching, shrubby fruticose lichen that grows from holdfasts on trees.[1]:214 It is warty with abundant isidia.[1]:214 It resembles Usnea filipendula.[1]:214

References

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

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