Species: Buellia badia
Encyclopedia of Puget Sound
Classification
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Ascomycetes
Order
Lecanorales
Family
Physciaceae
Genus
Buellia
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Classification
Informal Taxonomy
Fungi/Lichens - Lichens
Formal Taxonomy
Fungi - Ascomycota - Ascomycetes - Lecanorales - Physciaceae - Buellia - See H. Imshaug, 1951. Univ. of Michigan PhD. thesis; The lichen-forming species of the genus Buellia occurring in the United States and Canada.
Ecology and Life History
Short General Description
Lichen; thallus thin, of flat to hemispherical, brownish to greenish brown, crenately lobed squamules, or in part areolate; apothecia small to middle-sized, adnate, the disk flat to convex, black, the exciple thin, raised, black, becoming irregular, and disappearing; hypothecium brown (Fink 1935).
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G3?
Global Status Last Reviewed
1998-12-01
Global Status Last Changed
1999-06-14
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
From South Carolina and Tennessee westward to California and Washington (Fink 1935).