Usnea filipendula

Fishbone beard lichen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Lecanoromycetes
Order:	Lecanorales
Family:	Parmeliaceae
Genus:	Usnea
Species:	U. filipendula
Binomial name
	Usnea filipendula; Stirt. (1881)
Synonyms
	Usnea dasopoga var. fibrillosa (Motyka) Keissl. (1960); Usnea fibrillosa Motyka (1936); Usnea muricata Motyka (1936);

Usnea filipendula (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]

References

^ "Synonymy: Usnea filipendula Stirt". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2014-10-04.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-19500-2

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