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

All 119

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

Lobaria anthraspis ⁷

Red Beard Lichen ⁸
Usnea rubicunda

Tree Lungwort ⁹
Lobaria pulmonaria

Arizona Beard Lichen ¹⁰
Usnea intermedia

Emery Rocktripe Lichen ⁶
Umbilicaria phaea

variable wrinkle-lichen ⁶
Tuckermannopsis orbata

Heterodermia leucomelaena ¹

ciliate strap lichen ²
Heterodermia leucomela

Speckled Greenshield ⁶
Flavopunctelia flaventior

Hooded Rosette Lichen ³
Physcia adscendens

Protoparmeliopsis pinguis ⁵

wolf lichen ¹¹
Letharia vulpina

Lobaria anomala ⁶

Antlered Jellyskin Lichen ³
Scytinium palmatum

Peppered Moon Lichen ³
Sticta fuliginosa

Powder-headed Tube Lichen ¹²
Hypogymnia tubulosa

Imshaug's Tube Lichen ³
Hypogymnia imshaugii

Bouquet Sea-Fog Lichen ⁶
Niebla combeoides

Ramalina subleptocarpha ⁵

shield lichen ¹³
Parmelia sulcata

Ramalina canariensis ¹⁴

Powdered Moon Lichen ³
Sticta limbata

tree pelt lichen ³
Peltigera collina

bitter wart lichen ³
Lepra amara

Lipstick Powderhorn ⁴
Cladonia macilenta

Effervescent Tarpaper Lichen ⁶
Collema furfuraceum

California Pore Lichen ¹⁵
Pertusaria californica

membranous pelt lichen ³
Peltigera membranacea

Herre's Ragged Lichen
Platismatia herrei

Powdery Twig Lichen ¹⁵
Ramalina pollinaria

Tuckerman's Coral Lichen
Sphaerophorus tuckermanii

Brown-eyed Sunshine Lichen ³
Vulpicida canadensis

Whiskered Jelly Lichen ⁶
Leptochidium albociliatum

Varied Rag Lichen ³
Platismatia glauca

Yellow Cobblestone Lichen ¹⁰
Acarospora socialis

Blistered Jelly Lichen ¹⁶
Collema nigrescens

yellow map lichen ⁴
Rhizocarpon geographicum

Stictis radiata ¹⁷

Punctelia stictica ¹⁸

Hooded Tube Lichen ³
Hypogymnia physodes

Flattened thornbush lichen ¹⁸
Kaernefeltia merrillii

Mealy Pixie Cup ¹⁹
Cladonia chlorophaea

Seaside Bone Lichen ²⁰
Hypogymnia heterophylla

Textured Lung Lichen ¹⁶
Lobaria scrobiculata

Fancy Frost Lichen ¹
Physconia americana

rosette lichen ²¹
Physcia millegrana

Stonewall Rim Lichen
Protoparmeliopsis muralis

Cumberland Rock Shield ³
Xanthoparmelia cumberlandia

Old Man's Beard ²²
Dolichousnea longissima

Common Powderhorn ²³
Cladonia coniocraea

Cladidium bolanderi ²⁴

many-forked cladonia ²⁵
Cladonia furcata

Dragon Horn ²⁶
Cladonia squamosa

Lecanora phryganitis ¹⁸

Trumpet Lichen ⁴
Cladonia fimbriata

Slender Ladder Lichen ¹⁵
Cladonia concinna

Fuscopannaria coralloidea ¹⁶

Usnea cornuta ²⁷

Mustard Kidney Lichen ³
Nephroma laevigatum

Pannaria rubiginosa ¹⁹

Black Stone Flower ³
Parmotrema perlatum

Squamulea subsoluta

Usnea ceratina ⁶

Common Script Lichen ⁴
Graphis scripta

Cowpie Lichen ³
Diploschistes muscorum

Parmelina coleae ¹⁸

Beaded Rosette Lichen ²⁸
Physcia tribacia

Niebla ceruchoides ¹

Mottled Tube Lichen ³
Hypogymnia inactiva

Powdered Wrinkle Lichen ²⁰
Tuckermannopsis chlorophylla

Toy Soldiers ³
Cladonia bellidiflora

Star Rosette Lichen ²⁹
Physcia stellaris

Double-Rimmed Saucer Lichen ³
Ochrolechia oregonensis

Platismatia stenophylla ⁶

Bearded Jellyskin Lichen
Leptogium saturninum

Button lichens ³⁰
Buellia

Bushy beard lichen ⁶
Usnea strigosa

Yellow Specklebelly ³
Pseudocyphellaria crocata

Hoary Rosette Lichen ³¹
Physcia aipolia

Beaded Tube Lichen ³
Hypogymnia apinnata

Pimpled Kidney Lichen ⁶
Nephroma resupinatum

Blushing Scale ³²
Psora decipiens

Pertusaria subambigens ³³

Ancient Coral Lichen ³⁴
Sphaerophorus venerabilis

Golden Moonglow Lichen ³⁵
Dimelaena oreina

Punctelia jeckeri ¹⁵

dog pelt lichen ³¹
Peltigera canina

Ochrolechia subpallescens ³⁶

Frosted Rim-lichen
Lecanora caesiorubella

black-eyed rosette lichen ³
Physcia phaea

Arnold's Parmotrema Lichen ³
Parmotrema arnoldii

Budding Tube Lichen ³
Hypogymnia enteromorpha

Platismatia stenophylla ⁶

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