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Lichens of SF Bay Area (excluding order Teloschistales)

Lichens with most observations in bounding box* come first.

Includes a few fungi that might look like lichens.
Teloschistales found in separate guide.

  • Bounding box extends: north to southernmost part of Clearlake; east to Merced; south to Carmel; and west into the
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lace lichen 1
Ramalina menziesii
Ramalina leptocarpha 2
Oakmoss 3
Evernia prunastri
common greenshield lichen 4
Flavoparmelia caperata
Farinose Cartilage Lichen 5
Ramalina farinacea
Armored Sea-Fog Lichen 6
Niebla homalea
Powdery Sea-Fog Lichen 2
Niebla cephalota
Red Beard Lichen 7
Usnea rubicunda
Arizona Beard Lichen 8
Usnea intermedia
variable wrinkle-lichen 6
Tuckermannopsis orbata
Speckled Greenshield 6
Flavopunctelia flaventior
Protoparmeliopsis pinguis 5
wolf lichen 9
Letharia vulpina
Powder-headed Tube Lichen 10
Hypogymnia tubulosa
Imshaug's Tube Lichen 3
Hypogymnia imshaugii
Bouquet Sea-Fog Lichen 6
Niebla combeoides
Ramalina subleptocarpha 5
shield lichen 11
Parmelia sulcata
Ramalina canariensis 12
Lipstick Powderhorn 4
Cladonia macilenta
Herre's Ragged Lichen
Platismatia herrei
Powdery Twig Lichen 13
Ramalina pollinaria
Tuckerman's Coral Lichen
Sphaerophorus tuckermanii
Brown-eyed Sunshine Lichen 3
Vulpicida canadensis
Varied Rag Lichen 3
Platismatia glauca
Punctelia stictica 14
Hooded Tube Lichen 3
Hypogymnia physodes
Flattened thornbush lichen 14
Kaernefeltia merrillii
Mealy Pixie Cup 15
Cladonia chlorophaea
Seaside Bone Lichen 16
Hypogymnia heterophylla
Stonewall Rim Lichen
Protoparmeliopsis muralis
Cumberland Rock Shield 3
Xanthoparmelia cumberlandia
Old Man's Beard 17
Dolichousnea longissima
Common Powderhorn 18
Cladonia coniocraea
Cladidium bolanderi 19
many-forked cladonia 20
Cladonia furcata
Dragon Horn 21
Cladonia squamosa
Lecanora phryganitis 14
Trumpet Lichen 4
Cladonia fimbriata
Slender Ladder Lichen 13
Cladonia concinna
Usnea cornuta 22
Black Stone Flower 3
Parmotrema perlatum
Usnea ceratina 6
Parmelina coleae 14
Niebla ceruchoides 1
Mottled Tube Lichen 3
Hypogymnia inactiva
Powdered Wrinkle Lichen 16
Tuckermannopsis chlorophylla
Toy Soldiers 3
Cladonia bellidiflora
Platismatia stenophylla 6
Bushy beard lichen 6
Usnea strigosa
Beaded Tube Lichen 3
Hypogymnia apinnata
Blushing Scale 23
Psora decipiens
Ancient Coral Lichen 24
Sphaerophorus venerabilis
Punctelia jeckeri 13
Frosted Rim-lichen
Lecanora caesiorubella
Arnold's Parmotrema Lichen 3
Parmotrema arnoldii
Budding Tube Lichen 3
Hypogymnia enteromorpha
Platismatia stenophylla 6

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