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Bloody Beard Lichen in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (5/14/2018).
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Jim Stasz.
Bloody Beard Lichen at Font Hill Wetland Park, Howard Co., Maryland (12/31/2012).
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Richard Orr.
Bloody Beard Lichen in Howard Co., Maryland (11/16/2012).
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Richard Orr.
Bloody Beard Lichen in Charles Co., Maryland (7/22/2014).
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Jim Stasz.
Source: Wikipedia
Usnea mutabilis | |
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In Delmarva | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Lecanorales |
Family: | Parmeliaceae |
Genus: | Usnea |
Species: | U. mutabilis
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Binomial name | |
Usnea mutabilis Stirt. (1881)
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Usnea mutabilis is a grayish-yellowish pale green, unequally branching, shrubby (fruticose) 3–7 cm long lichen commonly anchored on holdfasts on trees, mostly in eastern North America, sometimes in chaparral shrubs or pines in California.[1]: 212 It is darker green than other members of the genus Usnea.[1]: 212 The surface is covered with isolated, or clusters of, isidia.[1]: 212 It lacks apothecia.[1]: 212
The common name is bloody beard lichen.[1]: 212 The thick axis and medulla are dull red.[1]: 212
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