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Lichen of the BCEP
| FAMILY |
SCIENTIFIC NAME |
COMMON NAME |
NATIVE |
CODE |
COMMENTS |
| Collemataceae |
Collema nigrescens |
Blistered Jelly Lichen |
YES |
L |
bark of valley oak |
|
Leptogium pseudofurfuraceum |
Dimpled Jellyskin |
YES |
L |
bark of cottonwood |
| Parmeliaceae |
Evernia prunastri |
Oakmoss Lichen |
YES |
L |
small tuffs found on branches of oaks and gray pine |
|
Flavopunctelia flaventior |
Speckled Greenshield |
YES |
L |
a yellow green lichen with black lower surface, brown edges, and grows on the bark of various trees |
|
Melanelixia glabra |
California Camouflage Lichen |
YES |
L |
collected off of oak branches |
|
Melanelixia subargentifera |
Whiskered Camouflage Lichen |
YES |
L |
collected off of gray pine branch |
|
Parmelina coleae |
Fringed Shield Lichen |
YES |
L |
collected off of bark |
|
Xanthoparmelia cumberlandia |
Cumberland Rock-Shield |
YES |
L |
a yellow-green foliose rock lichen, common. identical to below except for slight difference in chemical tests |
|
Xanthoparmelia lineola |
Tight Rock-Shield |
YES |
L |
a yellow-green foliose rock lichen, common. identical to above except for slight difference in chemical tests |
| Physciaceae |
Phaeophyscia orbicularis |
Mealy Shadow Lichen |
YES |
L |
|
|
Physcia adscendens |
Hooded Rosette Lichen |
YES |
L |
|
|
Physcia stellaris |
Star Rosette Lichen |
YES |
L |
|
|
Physcia tenella |
Fringed Rosette Lichen |
YES |
L |
collected off of gray pine branch |
|
Physconia americana |
Fancy Frost Lichen |
YES |
L |
|
|
Physconia enteroxantha |
Yellow-Edged Frost Lichen |
|
|
|
| Ramalinaceae |
Waynea californica |
|
YES |
L |
a California squamulose lichen, on bark or wood |
| Teloschistaceae |
Candeleria pacifica |
Lemon Lichen |
YES |
L |
common on bark |
|
Xanthomendoza fallax |
Hooded Sunburst Lichen |
YES |
L |
|
|
Xanthomendoza hasseana |
Poplar Sunburst Lichen |
YES |
L |
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