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Shrubby, beard and hair lichens

Bushy lichens (fruticose)


Cladonia lichens with stalked apothecia (podetia)


Cladonia botrytes Cladonia squamosa Cladonia subcervicornis Cladonia sulphurina Cladonia uncialis subsp uncialis Cladonia deformis Cladonia parasitica Cladonia parasitica Cladonia caespiticia Cladonia foliacea Cladonia macilenta Cladonia polydactyla Cladonia polydactyla Cladonia portentosa Cladonia ramulosa Cladonia uncialis subsp. biuncialis Cladonia coccifera Cladonia gracilis Cladonia symphycarpia Cladonia bellidiflora Cladonia cariosa Cladonia strepsilis Cladonia humilis Cladonia glauca Cladonia scabriuscula Cladonia ciliata Var. tenuis Cladonia pocillum Cladonia cornuta Cladonia pleurota Pycnothelia papillaria

Strap-shaped branches


Ramalina fraxinia Ramalina siliquosa Ramalina cuspidata Ramalina canariensis Ramalina farinacea Ramalina subfarinacea Ramalina fastigiata Ramalina lacera Roccella fuciformis Roccella phycopsis

Beard or hair lichens


Usnea subfloridana Usnea rubicunda Usnea articulata Usnea cornuta Usnea ceratina Usnea florida Bryoria fuscescens Bryoria chalybeiformis Bryoria capillaris Alectoria nigricans Alectoria sarmentosa ssp sarmentosa Alectoria sarmentosa ssp vex

Other bushy lichens


Sphaerophorus fragilis Sphaerophorus globosus Bunodophoron melanocarpum Stereocaulon vesuvianum Stereocaulon pileatum Stereocaulon dactylophyllum Stereocaulon nanodes Leprocaulon microscopicum Cetraria aculeata Cetraria muricata Teloschistes flavicans Teloschistes chrysophthalmus Thamnolia vermicularis Cornicularia normoerica Cystocoleus ebeneus Lichina confinis Ephebe lanata Synalissa ramulosa Psoroglaena stigonemoides