lichens of Travis County

This is a compilation of the species recorded in Travis County, Tx. It is a work in progress because some are included in this list because of misidentifications.

All 66

Tree Stipplescale ¹
Placidium arboreum

Jellytot Earthscale Lichen ²
Placidium squamulosum

Leather Lichen ³
Dermatocarpon miniatum

Brown Stipplescale Lichen ⁴
Clavascidium lacinulatum

gold dust lichen ⁵
Chrysothrix candelaris

Crusty Gold-dust Lichen ⁶
Chrysothrix granulosa

Texas Wart Lichen ⁴
Pertusaria texana

Chiseled Sunken Disk Lichen ⁷
Circinaria contorta

Whitewash Lichen ⁸
Phlyctis argena

Yellow Cobblestone Lichen ⁹
Acarospora socialis

Dirinaria picta ¹⁰

Hooded Rosette Lichen ¹¹
Physcia adscendens

Hoary Rosette Lichen ¹²
Physcia aipolia

American Rosette Lichen ¹³
Physcia americana

rosette lichen ¹⁴
Physcia millegrana

Star Rosette Lichen ¹⁵
Physcia stellaris

Smooth Shadow-crust Lichen ¹⁶
Hyperphyscia syncolla

Hairy Shadow Lichen ¹
Phaeophyscia hirsuta

Fluffy Dust Lichen ¹⁷
Lepraria finkii

brick scale ¹⁸
Psora crenata

False Russell's fishscale lichen ¹¹
Psora pseudorussellii

Haematomma fenzlianum ¹⁹

Haematomma persoonii ²⁰

Sinewed Bushy Lichen ²¹
Ramalina americana

cartilage lichen ²²
Ramalina celastri

cartilage lichen ²¹
Ramalina complanata

Farinose Cartilage Lichen ²³
Ramalina farinacea

Dotted Ribbon Lichen ²⁴
Ramalina fastigiata

Ramalina leptocarpha ²⁵

Ramalina peruviana ²⁶

Fan Ramalina ¹
Ramalina sinensis

Ramalina stenospora ²⁷

turban cup lichen ²⁸
Cladonia peziziformis

Bumpy Rim-lichen ¹⁷
Lecanora hybocarpa

Mapledust Lichen ¹
Lecanora thysanophora

Stonewall Rim Lichen ²⁹
Protoparmeliopsis muralis

Parmotrema austrosinense ³⁰

powdered ruffle lichen ²⁸
Parmotrema hypotropum

perforated ruffle lichen ³¹
Parmotrema perforatum

Black Sheet Lichen ³²
Parmotrema reticulatum

Parmotrema submarginale ³³

Varied Rag Lichen ¹¹
Platismatia glauca

rock greenshield lichen ³⁴
Flavoparmelia baltimorensis

common greenshield lichen ³⁵
Flavoparmelia caperata

Flavoparmelia rutidota ³⁶

Oakmoss ¹¹
Evernia prunastri

Texas Shield Lichen ²⁸
Canoparmelia texana

shield lichen ³⁷
Parmelia sulcata

Bushy beard lichen ²¹
Usnea strigosa

Bony Beard Lichen ³⁸
Usnea trichodea

Eastern speckled shield lichen ¹⁹
Punctelia bolliana

rough speckled shield lichen ²¹
Punctelia rudecta

Blue Jellyskin ³⁹
Leptogium cyanescens

Shaly Jelly Lichen ¹
Enchylium polycarpon

Salted Shell Lichen ²¹
Coccocarpia palmicola

Bare-bottomed Sunburst Lichen ⁴⁰
Xanthomendoza fulva

Bare-bottom Sunburst Lichen ⁴¹
Xanthomendoza weberi

Rock Jewel Lichen ⁴²
Calogaya saxicola

sidewalk firedot ²⁸
Xanthocarpia feracissima

Squamulea galactophylla ¹⁰

Elegant Sunburst Lichen ⁴³
Rusavskia elegans

Common Sunburst Lichen ⁴⁴
Xanthoria parietina

Golden-eye Lichen ²⁵
Teloschistes chrysophthalmus

slender orange-bush ⁴⁵
Teloschistes exilis

Common Goldspeck ⁴⁶
Candelariella vitellina

Candleflame Lichen ⁴⁷
Candelaria concolor

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lichens of Travis County

Tree Stipplescale 1 Placidium arboreum

Jellytot Earthscale Lichen 2 Placidium squamulosum

Leather Lichen 3 Dermatocarpon miniatum

Brown Stipplescale Lichen 4 Clavascidium lacinulatum

gold dust lichen 5 Chrysothrix candelaris

Crusty Gold-dust Lichen 6 Chrysothrix granulosa

Texas Wart Lichen 4 Pertusaria texana

Chiseled Sunken Disk Lichen 7 Circinaria contorta

Whitewash Lichen 8 Phlyctis argena

Yellow Cobblestone Lichen 9 Acarospora socialis

Hooded Rosette Lichen 11 Physcia adscendens

Hoary Rosette Lichen 12 Physcia aipolia

American Rosette Lichen 13 Physcia americana

rosette lichen 14 Physcia millegrana

Star Rosette Lichen 15 Physcia stellaris

Smooth Shadow-crust Lichen 16 Hyperphyscia syncolla

Hairy Shadow Lichen 1 Phaeophyscia hirsuta

Fluffy Dust Lichen 17 Lepraria finkii

brick scale 18 Psora crenata

False Russell's fishscale lichen 11 Psora pseudorussellii

Sinewed Bushy Lichen 21 Ramalina americana

cartilage lichen 22 Ramalina celastri

cartilage lichen 21 Ramalina complanata

Farinose Cartilage Lichen 23 Ramalina farinacea

Dotted Ribbon Lichen 24 Ramalina fastigiata

Fan Ramalina 1 Ramalina sinensis

turban cup lichen 28 Cladonia peziziformis

Bumpy Rim-lichen 17 Lecanora hybocarpa

Mapledust Lichen 1 Lecanora thysanophora

Stonewall Rim Lichen 29 Protoparmeliopsis muralis

powdered ruffle lichen 28 Parmotrema hypotropum

perforated ruffle lichen 31 Parmotrema perforatum

Black Sheet Lichen 32 Parmotrema reticulatum

Varied Rag Lichen 11 Platismatia glauca

rock greenshield lichen 34 Flavoparmelia baltimorensis

common greenshield lichen 35 Flavoparmelia caperata

Oakmoss 11 Evernia prunastri

Texas Shield Lichen 28 Canoparmelia texana

shield lichen 37 Parmelia sulcata

Bushy beard lichen 21 Usnea strigosa

Bony Beard Lichen 38 Usnea trichodea

Eastern speckled shield lichen 19 Punctelia bolliana

rough speckled shield lichen 21 Punctelia rudecta

Blue Jellyskin 39 Leptogium cyanescens

Shaly Jelly Lichen 1 Enchylium polycarpon

Salted Shell Lichen 21 Coccocarpia palmicola

Bare-bottomed Sunburst Lichen 40 Xanthomendoza fulva

Bare-bottom Sunburst Lichen 41 Xanthomendoza weberi

Rock Jewel Lichen 42 Calogaya saxicola

sidewalk firedot 28 Xanthocarpia feracissima

Elegant Sunburst Lichen 43 Rusavskia elegans

Common Sunburst Lichen 44 Xanthoria parietina

Golden-eye Lichen 25 Teloschistes chrysophthalmus

slender orange-bush 45 Teloschistes exilis

Common Goldspeck 46 Candelariella vitellina

Candleflame Lichen 47 Candelaria concolor