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Lichens of Mission Trails Regional Park

There has been 70 species of lichen found within Mission Trails Regional Park. Some of these species have been verified while other have not. This means this list is not absolute but an attempt at cataloging species that may occur in the park.

Yellow Cobblestone Lichen 1
Acarospora socialis
Cumberland Rock Shield 2
Xanthoparmelia cumberlandia
Mealy Pixie Cup 3
Cladonia chlorophaea
common greenshield lichen 4
Flavoparmelia caperata
Tight Rock-shield 5
Xanthoparmelia lineola
Common Powderhorn 6
Cladonia coniocraea
Stonewall Rim Lichen 7
Protoparmeliopsis muralis
shield lichens 8
Parmelia
Trumpet Lichen 9
Cladonia fimbriata
Common Sunburst Lichen 10
Xanthoria parietina
yellow map lichen 4
Rhizocarpon geographicum
cinder lichen 11
Aspicilia cinerea
Dimelaena radiata 12
Pin-cushion Sunburst Lichen 2
Polycauliona polycarpa
Cowpie Lichen 2
Diploschistes muscorum
rock greenshield lichen 13
Flavoparmelia baltimorensis
Hammer's Cup Lichen 14
Cladonia hammeri
Diploschistes actinostomus
Psora cerebriformis 15
Squamulea subsoluta 16
Speckled Greenshield 17
Flavopunctelia flaventior
Beaded Rosette Lichen 18
Physcia tribacia
Trapelia 19
Caloplaca impolita 20
Dragon Horn 21
Cladonia squamosa
Mealy Lichens
Leprocaulon
Arnold's Parmotrema Lichen 2
Parmotrema arnoldii
Hooded Rosette Lichen 2
Physcia adscendens
Poplar Sunburst Lichen 22
Xanthomendoza hasseana
Frosted Lichens 23
Physconia
Granular Mottled-disk Lichen 24
Trapeliopsis granulosa
Ramalina subleptocarpha 25
Smooth-footed Powderhorn 23
Cladonia ochrochlora
Peppered Rock-shield 26
Xanthoparmelia conspersa
Soil Paint Lichen 2
Acarospora schleicheri
Acarospora badiofusca 27
Red Firedot Lichen 28
Caloplaca luteominia
Buellia dispersa 29
Firm Cup Lichen
Cladonia firma
Mealy Forked Cladonia 30
Cladonia scabriuscula
Lecanora gangaleoides 23
Lecanora sierrae
Lobothallia alphoplaca 31
Psora californica 32
Psora tuckermanii 33
Woven-spored Lichen 34
Texosporium sanctijacobi
Caloplaca crenulatella 20
Aspicilia phaea 23
Mortar Rim Lichen 27
Myriolecis dispersa
Protoparmeliopsis pinguis 25

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