Usnea filipendula

Usnea filipendula
Scientific classification
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]

References

"Synonymy: Usnea filipendula Stirt". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2014-10-04.
Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-19500-2

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