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Usnea florida is a species of beard lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1753 work Species Plantarum. German botanist Friedrich Heinrich Wiggers transferred it to the genus Usnea in 1780. It is considered a threatened or vulnerable species in several European countries. [2]
The lichen was first formally described in 1885 by Swiss botanist Johannes Müller Argoviensis as Bottaria cruentata. [4] Richard Harris transferred it to the genus Pyrenula in 1987. [5] In northern North America, where its distribution in the United States is limited to southern Florida, it is commonly known as the bark rash lichen.
Usnea florida var. strigosa Ach. (1803) Usnea strigosa, commonly known as bushy beard lichen, is a fruticose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. Distribution
Usnea filipendula – one of about 20,000 described species of lichen. The following outline provides an overview of and topical guide to lichens.. Lichen – composite organism made up of multiple species – a fungal partner, one or more photosynthetic partners, which can be either green algae or cyanobacteria, and, in at least 52 genera of lichens, a yeast. [1]
The Parmeliaceae is a large and diverse family of Lecanoromycetes.With over 2700 species [2] in 71 genera, it is the largest family of lichen-forming fungi.The most speciose genera in the family are the well-known groups: Xanthoparmelia (822 species), Usnea (355 species), Parmotrema (255 species), and Hypotrachyna (262 species).
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Cladonia perforata is a rare species of lichen known as Florida perforate cladonia and Florida perforate reindeer lichen. It is endemic to the state of Florida in the United States, where it is known from 16 populations in four widely separated areas of the state. [ 2 ]