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Dust Lichens
Lepraria
Lepraria is a genus of leprose crustose lichens that grows on its substrate like patches of granular, caked up, mealy dust grains. Members of the genus are commonly called dust lichens.:305 The main vegetative body (thallus) is made of patches of soredia (little balls of algae wrapped in fungus). There are no known mechaisms for sexual reproduction, yet members of the genus continue to speciate. Some species can form marginal lobes and appear squamulose.
54 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Fluffy Dust Lichen
speciesLepraria finkii
Zoned Dust Lichen
speciesLepraria neglecta
Common Dust Lichen
speciesLepraria incana
Elf-ear Dust
speciesLepraria normandinoides
Lepraria membranacea
speciesLepraria membranacea
Lepraria caesiella
speciesLepraria caesiella
Pacific Dust Lichen
speciesLepraria pacifica
Vouaux's Dust Lichen
speciesLepraria vouauxii
Lepraria cryophila
speciesLepraria cryophila
Lepraria harrisiana
speciesLepraria harrisiana
Lepraria nivalis
speciesLepraria nivalis
Lesser Cottonthread Lichen
speciesLepraria subalbicans
Lepraria hodkinsoniana
speciesLepraria hodkinsoniana
Lepraria rigidula
speciesLepraria rigidula
Lepraria jackii
speciesLepraria jackii
Lepraria xanthonica
speciesLepraria xanthonica
Lepraria caesioalba
speciesLepraria caesioalba
Lepraria disjuncta
speciesLepraria disjuncta
Lepraria arbuscula
speciesLepraria arbuscula
Lepraria elobata
speciesLepraria elobata
Lesser Lichen Vulgaris
speciesLepraria oxybapha
Lepraria xerophila
speciesLepraria xerophila
White Dust Lichen
speciesLepraria albicans
Lepraria ulrikii
speciesLepraria ulrikii
Lepraria crassissima
speciesLepraria crassissima
Appalachian Dust Bunnies
speciesLepraria lanata
Lepraria umbricola
speciesLepraria umbricola
Lepraria lobificans
speciesLepraria lobificans
Lepraria cupressicola
speciesLepraria cupressicola
Barbatic dust
speciesLepraria barbatica
Lepraria torii
speciesLepraria torii
Lepraria cacuminum
speciesLepraria cacuminum
Lepraria eburnea
speciesLepraria eburnea
Lepraria humida
speciesLepraria humida
Lepraria nylanderiana
speciesLepraria nylanderiana
Lepraria friabilis
speciesLepraria friabilis
Lepraria sipmaniana
speciesLepraria sipmaniana
Lepraria usnica
speciesLepraria usnica
Lepraria gracilescens
speciesLepraria gracilescens
Lepraria sylvicola
speciesLepraria sylvicola
Lepraria brodoi
speciesLepraria brodoi
Lepraria aurescens
speciesLepraria aurescens
Lepraria saliersiae
speciesLepraria saliersiae
Lepraria lecanorica
speciesLepraria lecanorica
Lepraria leprolomopsis
speciesLepraria leprolomopsis
Lepraria squamatica
speciesLepraria squamatica
Lepraria atlantica
speciesLepraria atlantica
Lepraria celata
speciesLepraria celata
Lepraria sekikaica
speciesLepraria sekikaica
Lepraria nigrocincta
speciesLepraria nigrocincta
Lepraria diffusa
speciesLepraria diffusa
Lepraria coriensis
speciesLepraria coriensis
Lepraria achariana
speciesLepraria achariana
Lepraria aeruginosa
speciesLepraria aeruginosa
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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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 154184.