Usnea intermedia

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Usnea intermedia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Parmeliaceae
Genus: Usnea
Species:
U. intermedia
Binomial name
Usnea intermedia
(
A.Massal.) Jatta
(1909)
Synonyms
  • Usnea barbata var. intermedia A.Massal. (1856)

Usnea intermedia, the western bushy beard, is a grayish-yellowish pale green, irregularly much-branching, stiff shrubby

apothecia are convex discs with a ring or thallus-like margin having tendril-like fringe radiating from it.[1]: 201  It was formerly called U. arizonica in North America.[1]
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