Usnea scabrida
Usnea scabrida is a foliose lichen that grows from holdfasts on trees.[1][2] It occurs in southwest Western Australia.[3] It is a very pale grayish-yellowish green, slender, pendant, branching from the base, unequally branching, and shrubby. The lichen was described as a new species in 1844 by English botanist Thomas Taylor.[4]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Lecanorales |
| Family: | Parmeliaceae |
| Genus: | Usnea |
| Species: | U. scabrida |
| Binomial name | |
| Usnea scabrida Taylor (1844) | |
A subspecies Usnea scabrida subsp. elegans is found in eastern Australia.[5]
References
- https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/28092 Florabase entry for Usnea scabrida
- "Usnea scabrida - ANBG Lichen website". anbg.gov.au. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
- Cranfield, R. J; Western Australia. Dept. of Environment and Conservation. Science Division (2009), Cryptogam of the month, January 2009 : Usnea scabrida, Dept. of Environment & Conservation, retrieved 9 December 2018
- Taylor, T. (1844). "Description of some new mosses and lichens from the Australian colonies". Phytologist. 1: 1093–1096.
- "Usnea scabrida subsp. elegans | Atlas of Living Australia". bie.ala.org.au. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
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