Common Toadskin
Lasallia papulosa (Ach.) Llano
Common Toadskin: https://marylandbiodiversity.com/species/4677
Synonyms
Blistered Navel Lichen 
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Lasallia papulosa
photograph of a "Lasallia papulosa" herbarium specimen showing the lower surface with depressions. Growing on a boulder near cliffs at Dolly Sods Wilderness, Monongahela National Forest, West Virginia, USA. (scale marks = millimeters)
photograph of a Lasallia papulosa herbarium specimen showing the lower surface with depressions. Growing on a boulder near cliffs at, Dolly Sods Wilderness, Monongahela National Forest, West Virginia. (scale marks = millimeters)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Umbilicariales
Family: Umbilicariaceae
Genus: Lasallia
Species:
L. papulosa
Binomial name
Lasallia papulosa
(Ach.) Llano (1950)
Synonyms
  • Gyrophora papulosa Ach. (1810)

Lasallia papulosa (common toadskin) is an umbilicate lichen (a lichen attached to its substrate at a single point).[1] It is in the family Umbilicariaceae.

References

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  1. ^ Lichen Vocabulary, LICHENS OF NORTH AMERICA, Sylvia and Stephen Sharnoff, [1] Archived 2015-01-20 at the Wayback Machine