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Denver-Boulder Metro Area: Fungi, Lichen, Algae, and Slime Molds

This guide contains fungi, lichens, algae, and slime molds that can be found in the Denver-Boulder Metro Area, including Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, and Jefferson Counties.

Leather Lichen 1
Dermatocarpon miniatum
Penicillium digitatum 2
False Hairball Lichen 3
Lichinella stipatula
Stalked Bonfire Cup 4
Geopyxis carbonaria
Spring Orange Peel Fungus 5
Caloscypha fulgens
Byssonectria terrestris 6
Brown-haired White Cup 7
Humaria hemisphaerica
Scarlet Cup 8
Sarcoscypha coccinea
White Saddle 9
Helvella crispa
white morel 10
Morchella americana
Yellow Morel 11
Morchella esculenta
black morel 12
Morchella angusticeps
Midnight's Goblet 13
Donadinia nigrella
pig's ears 14
Gyromitra ancilis
Saddle-shaped False Morel 15
Gyromitra infula
dead man's fingers 16
Xylaria polymorpha
lobster mushroom 17
Hypomyces lactifluorum
Cytospora chrysosperma 18
Grosmannia clavigera 19
Common Toadskin Lichen 8
Lasallia papulosa
Frosted Rock Tripe 20
Umbilicaria americana
peppered rock tripe 21
Umbilicaria deusta
Blistered Rock Tripe 22
Umbilicaria hyperborea
Lesser Salted Rocktripe Lichen 23
Umbilicaria krascheninnikovii
Smooth Rock Tripe 24
Umbilicaria mammulata
Punctured Rocktripe Lichen 19
Umbilicaria torrefacta
Blushing Rock Tripe 25
Umbilicaria virginis
Whiteworm Lichen 26
Thamnolia vermicularis
cinder lichen 27
Aspicilia cinerea
Common Coal Dust Lichen 28
Acarospora privigna
Yellow Cobblestone Lichen 29
Acarospora socialis
Acarospora stapfiana 25
hoary cobblestone lichen 30
Acarospora strigata
Pleopsidium flavum 31
yellow map lichen 1
Rhizocarpon geographicum
Brown Tile Lichen 23
Lecidea atrobrunnea
Calicium notarisii 32
Calicium tigillare 33
Golden Moonglow Lichen 21
Dimelaena oreina
black-eyed rosette lichen 34
Physcia phaea
Star Rosette Lichen 35
Physcia stellaris
Psora tuckermanii 36
Common Powderhorn 37
Cladonia coniocraea
Trumpet Lichen 38
Cladonia fimbriata
Orange Rock Posy 39
Rhizoplaca chrysoleuca
Green Rock-posy 40
Rhizoplaca melanophthalma
New Mexico Rim-lichen 41
Rhizoplaca novomexicana
Scattered Rock-posy Lichen 33
Rhizoplaca subdiscrepans
Sagebrush Rim-lichen 41
Protoparmeliopsis garovaglii
Stonewall Rim Lichen 42
Protoparmeliopsis muralis
common greenshield lichen 1
Flavoparmelia caperata
Powder-headed Tube Lichen 43
Hypogymnia tubulosa
Gray Starburst Lichen 33
Parmeliopsis hyperopta
Powdered Sunshine Lichen 1
Vulpicida pinastri
wolf lichen 44
Letharia vulpina
shield lichen 45
Parmelia sulcata
Cumberland Rock Shield 34
Xanthoparmelia cumberlandia
Bristly Beard Lichen 46
Usnea hirta
Lapland Beard Lichen 47
Usnea perplexans
Powder-edged Speckled Greenshield 48
Flavopunctelia soredica
freckled pelt lichen 49
Peltigera aphthosa
dog pelt lichen 50
Peltigera canina
ruffled freckled pelt lichen 48
Peltigera leucophlebia
membranous pelt lichen 34
Peltigera membranacea
field dog lichen 51
Peltigera rufescens
fan pelt lichen 34
Peltigera venosa
Granite Firedot Lichen 25
Rufoplaca arenaria
Caloplaca sideritis 48
Parasitic Firedot Lichen 52
Erichansenia epithallina
Hooded Sunburst Lichen 39
Xanthomendoza fallax
Mountain Sunburst Lichen 53
Xanthomendoza montana
Desert Firedot Lichen 34
Xanthomendoza trachyphylla
Pin-cushion Sunburst Lichen 34
Polycauliona polycarpa
Calogaya decipiens 54
Rock Jewel Lichen 55
Calogaya saxicola
Elegant Sunburst Lichen 34
Rusavskia elegans
Common Sunburst Lichen 56
Xanthoria parietina
Corky bark disease 57
Diplodia tumefaciens
black knot 58
Apiosporina morbosa
Cherry Shot Hole 59
Wilsonomyces carpophilus
Sclerencoelia pruinosa 60
Podosphaera erigerontis-canadensis 61
Erysiphe polygoni 62
Lilac Powdery Mildew 63
Erysiphe syringae
Phyllactinia fraxini 64
stalked hairy fairy cup 19
Lachnum virgineum
Lachnellula arida 65
Mollisia cinerea 66
Sagebrush Goldspeck Lichen 3
Candelariella rosulans
Common Goldspeck 34
Candelariella vitellina
Candleflame Lichen 1
Candelaria concolor
Oak Leaf Blister 2
Taphrina caerulescens
Peach Leaf Curl 67
Taphrina deformans
Massospora levispora 68
Fly Death Fungus 69
Entomophthora muscae
False Puffball 19
Reticularia lycoperdon
Wolf's Milk 66
Lycogala epidendrum
chocolate tube slime 23
Stemonitis splendens
Dog Vomit Slime Mold 70
Fuligo septica
Arcyria obvelata 71

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