Usnea scabrata
| Usnea scabrata | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Lecanorales |
| Family: | Parmeliaceae |
| Genus: | Usnea |
| Species: | U. scabrata |
| Binomial name | |
| Usnea scabrata | |
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.[1]:214 It is warty with abundant isidia.[1]:214 It resembles Usnea filipendula.[1]:214
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