Lichens of MBS

Miller and Sullivan - Coritcolous Lichens of Meeman Biological Station, Shelby County, Tennessee

An inventory of the lichen flora of the Edward J. Meeman Biological Station was conducted to determine the biodiversity of this protected site. The following list was compiled from specimens collected by Ms. Lynda R. Miller and Dr. Thomas J. Sullivan, Department of Biology, Christian Brothers University, Memphis, TN. This list is also available on the webpage of the Consortium of North American Lichen Herbaria. This research was published by the American Bryological and Lichenological Society, Inc. as "Corticolous Lichens of Meeman Biological Station, Shelby County, Tennessee" (Miller and Sullivan, 2017, Evansia 34:1-5).

Families: 15
Genera: 28
Species: 43 (species rank)
Total Taxa: 44 (including subsp. and var.)

CALICIACEAE

Baculifera curtisii

CANDELARIACEAE

Candelaria concolor
Candelaria fibrosa

CATILLARIACEAE

Catillaria nigroclavata

CHRYSOTHRICACEAE

Chrysothrix xanthina

CLADONIACEAE

Cladonia sp.

GRAPHIDACEAE

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LECANORACEAE

Lecanora hybocarpa
Lecanora strobilina

OCHROLECHIACEAE

Ochrolechia africana
Ochrolechia pseudopallescens
Ochrolechia trochophora

PARMELIACEAE

Canoparmelia texana
Crespoa crozalsiana
Flavoparmelia caperata
Myelochroa aurulenta
Myelochroa galbina
Parmotrema austrosinense
Parmotrema eurysacum
Parmotrema hypotropum
Parmotrema perforatum
Parmotrema reticulatum
Parmotrema stuppeum
Punctelia missouriensis
Punctelia rudecta
Usnea strigosa

PERTUSARIACEAE

Pertusaria pustulata
Pertusaria xanthodes

PHYSCIACEAE

Amandinea milliaria
Dirinaria aegialita
Heterodermia albicans
Hyperphyscia adglutinata
Hyperphyscia syncolla
Phaeophyscia pusilloides
Phaeophyscia rubropulchra
Physcia millegrana
Physcia pumilior
Physcia stellaris
Pyxine subcinerea
Rinodina maculans

PILOCARPACEAE

Micarea melaena

RAMALINACEAE

Ramalina americana

STEREOCAULACEAE

Lepraria hodkinsoniana

TELOSCHISTACEAE

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