Usnea scabrata
Appearance
Usnea scabrata | |
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In West Butte, Sweet Grass Hills, Montana, USA | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Lecanorales |
Family: | Parmeliaceae |
Genus: | Usnea |
Species: | U. scabrata
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Binomial name | |
Usnea scabrata Nyl. (1875)
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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
[edit]- ^ a b c Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-19500-2