Usnea filipendula

Usnea filipendula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Parmeliaceae
Genus: Usnea
Species:
U. filipendula
Binomial name
Usnea filipendula
Stirt. (1881)
Synonyms[1]
  • Usnea dasopoga var. fibrillosa (Motyka) Keissl. (1960)
  • Usnea fibrillosa Motyka (1936)
  • Usnea muricata Motyka (1936)

Usnea filipendula, the fishbone beard lichen, is a pale gray-green fruticose lichen with a pendant growth form, growing in up to 20 cm many-branching tassels hanging from the bark of trees.[2] In California, it mostly grows on mostly conifer in the Coast Range, but also in the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada range.[2]: 206  It lacks apothecia.[2] It is similar to Usnea scabrata, but is darker, has a thicker cortex, and different chemistry.[2] Lichen spot tests are K+ red, KC−, C−, and P+ yellow.[2]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference urlFungorum synonymy: Usnea filipendula was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b c d e Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-19500-2