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Thornbush Lichens
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Thornbush Lichens

Kaernefeltia

Kaernefeltia is a small genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Parmeliaceae. These lichens are distinguished from related groups by their club-shaped spore sacs, disc-bar-shaped pycnoconidia (asexual spores), and the presence of lichesterinic and protolichesterinic acids. The genus comprises two species that grow on conifer trees in western North America.

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2 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Flattened thornbush lichen

speciesKaernefeltia merrillii

Coastal Thornbush Lichen

speciesKaernefeltia californica

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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 154205.