Lichens of the Zumwalt Prairie
Family Species Substrate, (Occurrence*) Alternative Name CANDELARIACAE Candelaria concolor Various trees (not pine), (c) Candleflame lichen, lemon lichen
CATILLARIACEAE Toninia ruginosa Fence post, (c) Bruised lichen
CLADONIACEAE Cladonia coniocraea Rotten log, (o) Common powderhorn
Cladonia pocillum Soil, (c) Rosette pixie-cup, carpet pixie-cup
Cladonia pyxidata Soil, (c) Pebbled pixie-cup
COLLEMATACEAE Collema tenax Soil, (o) Soil jelly lichen, tar-jelly
Leptogium lichenoides Soil, (c) Tattered jellyskin
HYMENELIACEAE Aspicilia desertorum Rock, (o) Desert aspicilia
Aspicilia fruticulosa Soil, (r) Lecanora fruticulosa
Aspicilia hispida Soil, (o) Vagabond lichen
Megaspora verrucosa Soil, (c) False sunken disk lichen
LECANORACEAE Rhizoplaca melanophthalma Rock, soil, (c) Green rock posy
LECIDEACEAE Lecidea tessellata Rock, (c) Tile lichen
PARMELIACEAE Bryoria fuscescens Pinus ponderosa, (c) Pale-footed horsehair lichen
Evernia prunastri Crataegus douglasii, (r) Oakmoss lichen
Hypogymnia imshaugii Pinus ponderosa, (c) Forked tube lichen
Hypogymnia physodes Pinus ponderosa, (o) Monk's hood lichen, hooded tube lichen, puffed lichen
Hypogymnia tubulosa Pinus ponderosa, (c) Power-headed tube lichen
Letharia vulpina Pinus ponderosa, (c) Wolf lichen
Melanelia fuliginosa Crataegus douglasii, (c) Shiny camouflage lichen
Melanelia multispora Crataegus douglasii, (c) Many-spored camouflage lichen
Nodobryoria abbreviata Pinus ponderosa, (c) Tufted foxtail lichen
Parmelia sulcata Crataegus douglasii, (c) Hammered shield lichen
Parmeliopsis ambigua Rotten log, (c) Shield lichen
Tuckermannopsis chlorophylla Pinus ponderosa, (o) Powdered wrinkle lichen
Tuckermannopsis merrillii Pinus ponderosa, (c) Kaernefeltia merrillii, greenleaf tuckermannopsis lichen
Tuckermannopsis platyphylla Pinus ponderosa, (c) Broad wrinkle lichen
Usnea filipendula Crataegus douglasii, (c) Inflated beard lichen
Vulpicida canadensis Pinus ponderosa, (o) Brown-eyed sunshine lichen
Xanthoparmelia plittii Rock, (c) Plitt's rock shield
Xanthoria polycarpa Crataegus douglasii, (c) Pin-cushion sunburst lichen
PELTIGERACEAE Peltigera canina Soil, (o) Dog lichen
Peltigera didactyla Soil, (o) Alternating dog lichen
Peltigera ponojensis Soil, (o) Pale-bellied dog lichen
Peltigera rufescens Soil, (c) Field dog lichen
PERTUSARIACEAE Ochrolechia upsaliensis Soil, (o) Tundra saucer lichen
Pertusaria amara Rotten log, (c) Bitter wart lichen
PHYSCIACEAE Physcia dimidiata Rock, Populus tremuloides, Powder-tipped rosette lichen (c)
Physcia tenella Populus tremuloides, (c) Fringed rosette lichen
PSORACEAE Psora montana Soil, (c) Mountain fishscale lichen
Psora nipponica Soil, (o) Psora novomexicana, butterfly scale lichen
TELOSCHISTALES Xanthoria fallax Crataegus douglasii, (c) Hooded sunburst lichen
THELOTREMATACEAE Diploschistes muscorum Soil, (o) Cowpie lichen
UMBILICARIACEAE Umbilicaria hyperborea Rock, (c) Blistered rock tripe
The Nature Conservancy Last modified 4/21/2010 Umbilicaria krascheninnikovii Rock, (o) Salty rock tripe
Umbilicaria phaea Rock, (o) Emery rock tripe
VERRUCARIACEAE Catapyrenium rufescens Soil, (c) Placidium rufescens (?)
Dermatocarpon miniatum Soil, (o) Common stippleback, leather lichen
Dermatocarpon bachmannii Rock, vagrant (o) Stippleback lichen variety
Placidium squamulosum Soil, (c) Brown stipplescale lichen
*Occurrence: Common=c, Occasional=o, Rare=r
The Nature Conservancy Last modified 4/21/2010