Kingdom Fungi Class Lecanoromycetes Family Parmeliaceae Rank Species | Division Ascomycota Order Lecanorales Genus Usnea | |
Similar Ramalina thrausta, Usnea rubicunda, Usnea filipendula, Evernia divaricata, Usnea hirta | ||
Usnea scabrata (straw beard lichen) is a very pale grayish-yellowish green, slender, pendant, branching from the base, unequally branching, shrubby foliose lichen that grows from holdfasts on trees. It is warty with abundant isidia. It resembles Usnea filipendula.
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