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Category: Lecanorales

Melanelexia glabratula

January 27, 2022 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

I have been reluctant to profile any of the former members of the clade ‘Parmelia section Melanoparmelia’ because it is…

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Posted in: Ascomycota, Fungi, Lecaneromycetes, Lecanorales, Melanelixia, Parmeliaceae, Species Profiles Filed under: Melanelixia glabratula, Polished Camouflage

Letharia columbiana

June 25, 2021 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

I was excited to finally find this lichen, often known by the common name of brown-eyed wolf lichen, two weeks…

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Posted in: Ascomycota, Fungi, Lecaneromycetes, Lecanorales, Letharia, Parmeliaceae, Species Profiles Filed under: Letharia columbiana

Cladonia furcata

February 22, 2021 Dan Nelson 1 Comment

I had to find this lichen 3 times before getting a positive identification on it. The first time I found…

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Posted in: Ascomycota, Cladonia, Cladoniaceae, Fungi, Lecaneromycetes, Lecanorales, Species Profiles Filed under: Cladonia furcata

Xanthoparmelia, possibly coloradoensis

February 11, 2021 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

I’m not happy to be making this post with ‘possibly’ in the title, although I feel fairly comfortable calling this…

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Posted in: Ascomycota, Fungi, Lecaneromycetes, Lecanorales, Parmeliaceae, Species Profiles, Xanthoparmelia Filed under: Xanthoparmelia coloradoensis

Umbilicaria phaea (Emery Rock Tripe)

February 5, 2021 Dan Nelson 3 Comments

This is a very common lichen on dry rocks. It is so common that it has engendered a rarity; a…

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Posted in: Ascomycota, Fungi, Lecaneromycetes, Lecanorales, Plants, Species Profiles, Umbilicaria, Umbilicaria, Umbilicariaceae Filed under: Emery Rock Tripe, Umbilicaria phaea

Cladonia coniocraea

January 30, 2021 Dan Nelson 4 Comments

Cladonia as a genus has a bewildering array of forms and morphology, but, since the revision of the C. gracilis…

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Posted in: Ascomycota, Cladonia, Cladoniaceae, Fungi, Lecaneromycetes, Lecanorales, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Cladonia coniocraea

Parmelia sulcata

January 23, 2021 Dan Nelson 5 Comments

Parmelia sulcata is everywhere! You can find it from sea level thickets to high in the mountains, on high desert…

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Posted in: Ascomycota, Fungi, Lecaneromycetes, Lecanorales, Parmelia, Parmelia, Parmeliaceae, Species Profiles Filed under: Parmelia sulcata

Ramalina farinacea

January 20, 2021 Dan Nelson 1 Comment

As I mentioned in yesterday’s post on Evernia prunastri, I’ve been misidentifying Ramalina farinacea as E. prunastri for 2 years.…

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Posted in: Ascomycota, Fungi, Lecaneromycetes, Lecanorales, Ramalina, Ramalinaceae, Species Profiles Filed under: Ramalina farinacea

Evernia prunastri

January 19, 2021 Dan Nelson 8 Comments

Evernia prunastri is almost ubiquitous on the we(s)t side of the Cascades. But it is not actually as common as…

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Posted in: Ascomycota, Evernia, Fungi, Lecaneromycetes, Lecanorales, Parmeliaceae, Species Profiles

Platismatia glauca

January 6, 2021 Dan Nelson 1 Comment

This lichen is also known as Ragbag, an evocative common name, the accuracy of which has led the bryologist David…

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Posted in: Ascomycota, Fungi, Lecaneromycetes, Lecanorales, Parmeliaceae, Platismatia, Species Profiles Filed under: Platismatia glauca

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