Usnea subfloridana
A tufted, much branched, yellow-green to grey-green lichen, black at base of main stem, the main stem just above the base with fine, transverse but not longitudinal cracking, branches not constricted at their bases, terminal branches with rounded to oval soralia and clusters of short, spine-like isidia.
Widespread and often very common on tree trunks and more especially on the smaller branches, rare on rocks.
All year round.
Widespread and frequent in Britain.
Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland.
Graham Calow
Burbage Common and Woods
13 February 2014
David Nicholls
Burbage Wood
13 February 2014
David Nicholls
Beacon Hill Country Park
22 February 2017
David Nicholls
Charnwood Lodge
15 February 2014
Graham Calow
Burbage Common and Woods
13 February 2014
black base of main stem
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Lichens
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Lecanorales
- Family:
- Parmeliaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 8
- First record:
- 13/02/2014 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 19/03/2022 (Nicholls, David)
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David Nicholls
Burbage Wood
13 February 2014
Graham Calow
Rutland Water
05 March 2015
