swap_horiz Lichina pygmaea Alternatives

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Cladonia rangiferina

Cladonia rangiferina, known as reindeer lichen, is a pale gray, fruticose lichen that forms dense, repeatedly branching...

Arctic Boreal Ground Dwelling Fruticose

9.2 Excellent

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Cetraria islandica

Cetraria islandica, commonly called Iceland moss, is a lichen with erect or spreading, leafy, branching lobes that usual...

Medicinal Edible Tundra Fruticose

9.2 Excellent

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Usnea longissima

Usnea longissima is a species of fruticose lichen commonly known as Methuselah's beard. It forms long, hanging, branched...

Humid Old Growth Fruticose Methuselah Beard

9.2 Excellent

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Evernia prunastri

Evernia prunastri, commonly called oakmoss, is a gray-green, bushy fruticose lichen that grows on the bark and branches...

Forage Epiphytic Perfumery Fruticose

9.1 Excellent

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Letharia vulpina

Letharia vulpina is a fruticose lichen commonly called wolf lichen. It has a yellow to yellow-green, branching thallus a...

Toxic Yellow Green West North America Fruticose

9.1 Excellent

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Cladonia cristatella

Cladonia cristatella, widely known as British soldiers lichen, is a fruticose lichen with slender, pale gray-green stalk...

Ground North America Fruticose British Soldiers

9.0 Excellent

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Teloschistes flavicans

Teloschistes flavicans is a fruticose lichen with a yellow to orange, branching thallus. It grows on bark and other expo...

Coastal Orange Atlantic Fruticose

9.0 Excellent

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Usnea barbata

Usnea barbata, commonly called old man's beard, is a hair-like fruticose lichen that forms gray-green strands hanging fr...

Air Quality Epiphytic Fruticose Beard Lichen

8.9 Great

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Cladonia stellaris

Cladonia stellaris is a fruticose lichen in the genus Cladonia, commonly called reindeer lichen or reindeer moss. It for...

Tundra Boreal Fruticose Reindeer Lichen

8.9 Great

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Alectoria sarmentosa

Alectoria sarmentosa is a gray-green, hairlike fruticose lichen commonly called witch's hair or beard lichen. It grows a...

Boreal Epiphytic Pendant Fruticose

8.8 Great

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Ramalina menziesii

Ramalina menziesii is a gray-green, branching fruticose lichen commonly called lace lichen. It grows epiphytically, hang...

West Coast Epiphytic Fruticose Lace Lichen

8.7 Great

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Bryoria fremontii

Bryoria fremontii is a dark, hairlike fruticose lichen native to western North America and commonly known as wila. It gr...

Edible West North America Fruticose Wila

8.7 Great

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Pseudevernia furfuracea

Pseudevernia furfuracea is a branched, shrubby fruticose lichen that grows on the bark and branches of trees in temperat...

Europe Epiphytic Perfumery Fruticose

8.7 Great

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Lobaria scrobiculata

Lobaria scrobiculata is a large foliose lichen in the family Lobariaceae. Its blue-gray to green thallus has broad lobes...

Atlantic Old Growth Foliose Cyanobacterial

8.7 Great

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Ephebe lanata

Ephebe lanata is a fruticose lichen formed through a partnership with cyanobacteria. It has a dark, hair-like, filamento...

Aquatic Montane Fruticose Cyanobacterial

8.3 Great

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Caloplaca marina

Caloplaca marina is a saxicolous, crustose lichen associated with rocky marine shorelines. Its thallus can appear orange...

Coastal Orange Intertidal Crustose

7.9 Good

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Ramalina siliquosa

Ramalina siliquosa is a fruticose lichen that typically grows on exposed rocks and coastal cliffs, especially in Atlanti...

Coastal Atlantic Fruticose Saxicolous

7.9 Good

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Ramalina farinacea

Ramalina farinacea is a fruticose, or shrubby, lichen that grows mainly as an epiphyte on the bark and branches of trees...

Coastal Air Quality Epiphytic Fruticose

7.7 Good

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Verrucaria maura

Verrucaria maura is a lichenized fungus associated with the upper intertidal and splash zones of rocky seashores. Its da...

Black Marine Intertidal Crustose

7.7 Good

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Lichina confinis

Lichina confinis is a shrubby, dark fruticose lichen that plays a crucial ecological role as a primary colonizer in the...

Coastal Intertidal Fruticose Cyanobacterial

7.5 Good