Species
Usnea longissima (Methuselah's beard lichen)
Usnea longissima. Photo: (c) Ben P, some rights reserved (CC BY)
Usnea longissima, old man’s beard or Methuselah’s beard lichen, is a lichen in the family Parmeliaceae.
- 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: Parmeliaceae (Shield lichens and allies)
- Subfamily: Parmelioideae (Typical shield lichens)
- Genus: Usnea (Beard lichens)
- Species: Usnea longissima (Methuselah's beard lichen)
- Genus: Usnea (Beard lichens)
- Subfamily: Parmelioideae (Typical shield lichens)
- Family: Parmeliaceae (Shield lichens and allies)
- Order: Lecanorales (Shield lichens, rim lichens, and allies)
- Subclass: Lecanoromycetidae (Shield lichens, sunburst lichens, rosette lichens, and allies)
- Class: Lecanoromycetes (Common lichens)
- Subphylum: Pezizomycotina (Higher ascomycetes)
- Phylum: Ascomycota (Ascomycete fungi)
- Kingdom: Fungi (Fungi including lichens)
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