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Lichens of Washington Cascades

Tentative list of crustose genera and macrolichen species likely to be found in the Cascade Mountains

This list is for use in finding names. IT DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEAN THESE SPECIES HAVE BEEN FOUND ANYWHERE

Chocolate Chip Lichen
Solorina crocea
Globe Ball Lichen 1
Sphaerophorus globosus
Tuckerman's Coral Lichen
Sphaerophorus tuckermanii
Ancient Coral Lichen
Sphaerophorus venerabilis
Wart Lichens
Staurothele
Alpine Foam Lichen
Stereocaulon alpinum
Easter Foam
Stereocaulon paschale
Woolly Foam 2
Stereocaulon tomentosum
Sticta beauvoisii
Peppered Moon Lichen 2
Sticta fuliginosa
Powdered Moon Lichen 2
Sticta limbata
Whiteworm Lichen
Thamnolia subuliformis
Thamnolia Lichen 3
Thamnolia vermicularis
Thelotrema lepadinum
Arboreal Urn Lichen
Tholurna dissimilis
Trapeliopsis 2
Fringed Rocktripe Lichen
Umbilicaria cylindrica
Blistered Rock Tripe 4
Umbilicaria hyperborea
Emery Rocktripe Lichen 5
Umbilicaria phaea
Umbilicaria polaris
Greater Salted Rocktripe Lichen 6
Umbilicaria proboscidea
Roughened Rocktripe Lichen
Umbilicaria rigida
Punctured Rocktripe Lichen 7
Umbilicaria torrefacta
Blushing Rock Tripe 7
Umbilicaria virginis
Usnea ceratina 5
Bristly Beard Lichen 8
Usnea hirta
Usnea longissima 9
Dolichousnea longissima
Boreal Beard Lichen 2
Usnea subfloridana
Beard Lichens 9
Usnea
Wart Lichens 10
Verrucaria
Brown-eyed Sunshine Lichen 2
Vulpicida canadensis
Hooded Sunburst Lichen 11
Xanthomendoza fallax
Poplar Sunburst Lichen 5
Xanthomendoza hasseana
Cumberland Rock Shield 2
Xanthoparmelia cumberlandia
Shingled Rock-shield 12
Xanthoparmelia wyomingica
Xylographa
Smooth-footed Powderhorn 7
Cladonia ochrochlora
Shaded Cladonia 13
Cladonia umbricola
Heath Navel 14
Lichenomphalia umbellifera
Multiclavula 15
Brook Stickleback Lichen 5
Dermatocarpon luridum
Dermatocarpon reticulatum 2
Cold-water Stippleback Lichen
Dermatocarpon rivulorum
Comma Lichens
Arthonia
Gold Dust Lichens 5
Chrysothrix
Lecanactis
Opegrapha 2
Velvet Lichen
Cystocoleus ebeneus
Mealy Lichens
Leprocaulon
Pore Lichens 16
Pertusaria
Crabseye Lichens 2
Ochrolechia
Sunken Disk Lichens 17
Aspicilia
Map Lichens
Rhizocarpon
Placopsis gelida
Crater Lichen 18
Diploschistes scruposus
Graphis 15
Brown Sunken Disk Lichens
Bellemerea
Porpidia 5
Tile Lichens 7
Lecidea
Brown Beret Lichen
Baeomyces rufus
Dust Lichens 19
Lepraria
Lepraria membranacea
Lepraria pacifica 20
Bloody-heart Lichen 2
Mycoblastus sanguinarius
Catillaria 10
Moss Urn Lichen
Lopadium pezizoideum
Fellhanera bouteillei 2
Dot Lichens
Bacidia
Punctured Bushy Lichen 21
Ramalina dilacerata
Farinose Cartilage Lichen 22
Ramalina farinacea
Lace Lichen
Ramalina menziesii
Frayed Ribbon Lichen 23
Ramalina roesleri
Pilophorus acicularis 5
Pilophorus clavatus 5
Toy Soldiers 2
Cladonia bellidiflora
Split-peg Lichen 11
Cladonia cariosa
Crowned Pixie-cup 11
Cladonia carneola
Powdered Funnel Lichen
Cladonia cenotea
Mealy Pixie Cup 24
Cladonia chlorophaea
Common Powderhorn 25
Cladonia coniocraea
Cup Lichen 5
Cladonia ecmocyna
Trumpet Lichen 15
Cladonia fimbriata
Many-forked Cladonia 22
Cladonia furcata
Smooth Horn Lichen 13
Cladonia gracilis
Lipstick Powderhorn 15
Cladonia macilenta
Sieve Lichen 2
Cladonia multiformis
Pebbled Pixie Cup
Cladonia pyxidata
Gray Reindeer Lichen 26
Cladonia rangiferina
Cladonia transcendens 27
Thorn Lichen
Cladonia uncialis
Cladonia verticillata
Cladonia squamosa subsp. squamosa
Cladonia squamosa squamosa
Cladonia squamosa subsp. subsquamosa 13
Cladonia squamosa subsquamosa
Cladonia arbuscula subsp. arbuscula
Cladonia arbuscula arbuscula
Cladonia arbuscula subsp. mitis
Cladonia arbuscula mitis
Rim Lichens 15
Lecanora
Lecidella 28
Stygian Black-parmelia
Melanelia stygia
Arnold's Parmotrema Lichen 2
Parmotrema arnoldii
Black Stone Flower 2
Parmotrema perlatum

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