Species

Lepraria pacifica (Pacific dust lichen)

Lepraria pacifica. Photo: (c) JJ Johnson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

Lepraria pacifica (pacific dust lichen) is a whitish-blue-green leprose crustose lichens that grows on its substrate like patches of granular, caked-up, mealy dust grains.:305 Like other members of the Lepraria genus, it only reproduces asexually.

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Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Fungi (Fungi including lichens)
  - Phylum: Ascomycota (Ascomycete fungi)
    - Subphylum: Pezizomycotina (Higher ascomycetes)
      - Class: Lecanoromycetes (Common lichens)
        Subclass: Lecanoromycetidae (Shield lichens, sunburst lichens, rosette lichens, and allies)
        Order: Lecanorales (Shield lichens, rim lichens, and allies)
        Family: Stereocaulaceae
        Genus: Lepraria (Dust lichens)
        Species: Lepraria pacifica (Pacific dust lichen)

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