Species
Usnea intermedia (Arizona beard lichen)
Usnea intermedia. Photo: (c) Damon Tighe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Usnea intermedia (western bushy beard) is a grayish-yellowish pale green, irregularly much-branching, stiff shrubby foliose lichen commonly anchored on holdfasts on trees, often on oaks.:201 Abundant apothecia are convex discs with a ring or thallus-like margin having tendril-like fringe radiating from it.:201 It was formerly called U. arizonica in North America.:201
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Humboldt Life
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Kingdom: Fungi (Fungi including lichens)
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Phylum: Ascomycota (Ascomycete fungi)
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Subphylum: Pezizomycotina (Higher ascomycetes)
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Class: Lecanoromycetes (Common lichens)
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Subclass: Lecanoromycetidae (Shield lichens, sunburst lichens, rosette lichens, and allies)
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Order: Lecanorales (Shield lichens, rim lichens, and allies)
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Family: Parmeliaceae (Shield lichens and allies)
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Subfamily: Parmelioideae (Typical shield lichens)
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Genus: Usnea (Beard lichens)
- Species: Usnea intermedia (Arizona beard lichen)
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Genus: Usnea (Beard lichens)
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Subfamily: Parmelioideae (Typical shield lichens)
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Family: Parmeliaceae (Shield lichens and allies)
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Order: Lecanorales (Shield lichens, rim lichens, and allies)
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Subclass: Lecanoromycetidae (Shield lichens, sunburst lichens, rosette lichens, and allies)
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Class: Lecanoromycetes (Common lichens)
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Subphylum: Pezizomycotina (Higher ascomycetes)
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Phylum: Ascomycota (Ascomycete fungi)
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Kingdom: Fungi (Fungi including lichens)
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