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Fishscale Lichens
Psora
Psora is a genus of fungi within the Psoraceae family. Members of the genus are commonly called fishscale lichens.
27 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Blushing Scale
speciesPsora decipiens

brick scale
speciesPsora crenata

False Russell's fishscale lichen
speciesPsora pseudorussellii

Butterfly Scale Lichen
speciesPsora nipponica

Cerebral Fishscale Lichen
speciesPsora cerebriformis

Jasper Squamules
speciesPsora tuckermanii

Psora testacea
speciesPsora testacea

Psora globifera
speciesPsora globifera

Russell's Fishscale Lichen
speciesPsora russellii

Psora elenkinii
speciesPsora elenkinii

Psora pacifica
speciesPsora pacifica

Psora icterica
speciesPsora icterica

Psora vallesiaca
speciesPsora vallesiaca

Psora californica
speciesPsora californica

Psora peninsularis
speciesPsora peninsularis

Psora saviczii
speciesPsora saviczii

Psora luridella
speciesPsora luridella

Pea-green Scale Lichen
speciesPsora rubiformis

Psora mediterranea
speciesPsora mediterranea

Psora montana
speciesPsora montana

Psora pruinosa
speciesPsora pruinosa

Psora hyporubescens
speciesPsora hyporubescens

Psora brunneocarpa
speciesPsora brunneocarpa
Mountain Scale Lichen
speciesPsora himalayana
High Arctic Scale Lichen
speciesPsora tenuifolia
Psora medusula
speciesPsora medusula
Psora deceptoria
speciesPsora deceptoria
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Psora in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 123511.


