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Teloschistes chrysophthalmus, sometimes referred to as the gold-eye lichen or golden-eye, is a fruticose lichen with branching lobes. Their sexual structures, apothecia, are bright-orange with spiny projections (cilia) situated around the rim. [2] [3] [4]
List of lichen products Chemical spot tests on the foliose lichen Punctelia borreri showing thallus (top) and medulla (bottom). The pinkish-red colour change of the medulla in the C and KC tests indicate the presence of gyrophoric acid , a chemical feature that helps to distinguish this lichen from similar species in the same genus.
Lepraria finkii is a type of lichen in the genus Lepraria. [1] Its colours range from a greenish-gray to a bluish-green. The organism is generally found everywhere in the world, but more commonly found in tropical areas; it can be spotted in shaded areas on tree trunks, overtaking bryophytes, in soil banks, and in dry niches.
But sometimes the parts of a lichen species common name are common names of other lichen genera. For example, Psilolechia lucida, in the genus Psilolechia, is commonly called "sulphur dust lichen". [1] [2] But "sulphur lichen" refers to the genus Fulgensia, and "dust lichen" refers either to the genus Chrysothrix or the genus Lepraria. [1] [3 ...
This list may not reflect recent changes. A. List of Arthonia species; B. List of Buellia species; C. List of Caloplaca species; ... List of common names of lichen ...
Lichen taxa (6 C, 1 P) Lichens by continent (10 C) Lichens by year of formal description (4 C) B. Basidiolichens (153 P) L. Lichen photobiont (13 P) Lichen products ...
In North America, one vernacular name for the lichen is pink bull's-eye lichen. [ 4 ] Placopsis lambii is distinguished by its placodioid thallus that features deeply notched and radiating edge lobes , a glossy upper surface, typically dark and somewhat rounded soralia , and non-lobate cephalodia that may be absent in certain samples.
Buellia aethalea is a species of lichen that belongs to the family Caliciaceae. [2] It is commonly known as darkened button lichen, [3] [4] and Buellie noircie in French. [1] The lichen's familiar nickname is inspired by the appearance of its surface, adorned with small black spots reminiscent of buttons. [5]