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Lichens of the Chicago Region

Wilhelm, G. 2018. Working Draft of the Lichens of the Chicago Region. Conservation Research Institute, Cedarburg, Wisconsin. Last Revised Jan 22, 2018.

Farinose Cartilage Lichen 1
Ramalina farinacea
Rock Bushy Lichen
Ramalina intermedia
Fan Ramalina 2
Ramalina sinensis
Rhizocarpon reductum 3
Scattered Rock-posy Lichen 2
Rhizoplaca subdiscrepans
Porpidia macrocarpa
Placidium umbrinum
Protoparmeliopsis muralis
Pyrenocollema prospersella
Rinodina bischoffii
Rinodina cana
Rinodina destituta
Rinodina freyi 3
Rinodina oxydata 4
Rinodina papillata
Rinodina tephraspis 5
Rufoplaca oxfordensis 3
Elegant Sunburst Lichen 6
Rusavskia elegans
Sugared Sunburst Lichen 7
Rusavskia sorediata
Sarchgyne Lichen 8
Sarcogyne clavus
Sarcogyne hypophaea
Frosted Grain-spored Lichen 2
Sarcogyne regularis
Sarcogyne similis
Scoliciosporum chlorococcum 3
Umber Dot Lichen 3
Scoliciosporum umbrinum
Scytinium dactylinum 3
Scytinium fragrans
Scytinium juniperinum 3
Tattered Jellyskin Lichen 2
Scytinium lichenoides
Common Chocolate Chip Lichen 2
Solorina saccata
Rock Hairball Lichen 9
Spilonema revertens
Squamulea subsoluta
Rock Foam 10
Stereocaulon saxatile
Strigula americana
Strigula submuriformis
Golden-eye Lichen 11
Teloschistes chrysophthalmus
slender orange-bush 11
Teloschistes exilis
Thelidium zwackhii
Thelocarpon laureri
Thyrea confusa 12
Trapelia coarctata 5
Trapelia placodioides 3
Board Lichen 6
Trapeliopsis flexuosa
Granular Mottled-disk Lichen 13
Trapeliopsis granulosa
Trypethelium virens 14
Tuckermanella fendleri 3
Fringed Wrinkle Lichen 15
Tuckermannopsis americana
variable wrinkle-lichen 9
Tuckermannopsis orbata
Usnea ceratina 9
Bristly Beard Lichen 16
Usnea hirta
Usnea mutabilis 9
Bushy beard lichen 9
Usnea strigosa
Boreal Beard Lichen 6
Usnea subfloridana
Varicellaria velata 3
Verrucaria calkinsiana
Verrucaria elaeomelaena
Verrucaria fayettensis
Verrucaria fuscella
Verrucaria glaucovirens
Verrucaria illinoisensis
Verrucaria macrostoma
Verrucaria muralis
Verrucaria nigrescens 5
Verrucaria nigrescentoidea
Verrucaria sordida
Xanthocarpia crenulatella
sidewalk firedot 17
Xanthocarpia feracissima
Xanthoparmelia australasica 15
Peppered Rock-shield 18
Xanthoparmelia conspersa
Cumberland Rock Shield 6
Xanthoparmelia cumberlandia
Xanthoparmelia hypomelaena
Salted Rock-shield 19
Xanthoparmelia mexicana
Plitt's Rock Shield 20
Xanthoparmelia plittii
Xanthoparmelia stenophylla
Branching Rock-shield 7
Xanthoparmelia subramigera
Hooded Sunburst Lichen 7
Xanthomendoza fallax
Bare-bottomed Sunburst Lichen 19
Xanthomendoza fulva
Xanthomendoza galericulata 21
Poplar Sunburst Lichen 9
Xanthomendoza hasseana
Powdery Sunburst Lichen 22
Xanthomendoza ulophyllodes
Xanthomendoza weberi 23
Maritime Sunburst Lichen 24
Xanthoria parietina
Zwackhia viridis
Solitaria chrysophthalma
Toninia tecta
Trapelia glebulosa 3
Xanthoparmelia hypofusca

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