Usnea_filipendula

<i>Usnea filipendula</i>

Usnea filipendula

Species of lichen

Usnea filipendula, the fishbone beard lichen, is a pale gray-green fruticose lichen with a pendant growth form, growing in up to 20 cm many-branching tassels hanging from the bark of trees.[2] In California, it mostly grows on mostly conifer in the Coast Range, but also in the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada range.[2]: 206  It lacks apothecia.[2] It is similar to Usnea scabrata, but is darker, has a thicker cortex, and different chemistry.[2] Lichen spot tests are K+ red, KC−, C−, and P+ yellow.[2]

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References

  1. [1]
    "Synonymy: Usnea filipendula Stirt". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2014-10-04.
  2. [2]
    Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-19500-2


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