Bloody Beard Lichen in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (5/14/2018).
Bloody Beard Lichen at Font Hill Wetland Park, Howard Co., Maryland (12/31/2012).
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Bloody Beard Lichen in Howard Co., Maryland (11/16/2012).
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Bloody Beard Lichen in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (5/14/2018).
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Bloody Beard Lichen at Font Hill Wetland Park, Howard Co., Maryland (12/31/2012).
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Richard Orr.
Bloody Beard Lichen in Howard Co., Maryland (11/16/2012).
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Bloody Beard Lichen in Charles Co., Maryland (7/22/2014).
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Source: Wikipedia
| Usnea mutabilis | |
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| In Delmarva | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Lecanorales |
| Family: | Parmeliaceae |
| Genus: | Usnea |
| Species: | U. mutabilis
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| Binomial name | |
| Usnea mutabilis Stirt. (1881)
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Usnea mutabilis is a grayish-yellowish pale green, unequally branching, shrubby (fruticose) 3–7 cm long lichen commonly anchored on holdfasts on trees, mostly in eastern North America, sometimes in chaparral shrubs or pines in California.[2]: 212 It is darker green than other members of the genus Usnea.[2]: 212 The surface is covered with isolated, or clusters of, isidia.[2]: 212 It lacks apothecia.[2]: 212
The common name is bloody beard lichen.[2]: 212 The thick axis and medulla are dull red.[2]: 212
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ NatureServe. "Usnea mutabilis". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 12 November 2025.
- ^ a b c d e f Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-19500-2
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