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Button lichens
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Button lichens

Buellia

Buellia is a genus of fungi in the family Caliciaceae. The fungi are usually part of a crustose lichen. In this case, the lichen species is given the same name as the fungus. But members may also grow as parasites on lichens (lichenicolous). The algae in the lichen is always a member of the genus Trebouxia.

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60 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Common Button Lichen

speciesBuellia erubescens

Buellia griseovirens

speciesBuellia griseovirens

Sunken Button Lichen

speciesBuellia spuria

Boreal Button Lichen

speciesBuellia disciformis

Seaside Button Lichen

speciesBuellia halonia

Darkened Button Lichen

speciesBuellia aethalea

Buellia elegans

speciesBuellia elegans

Parasitic Button Lichen

speciesBuellia badia

Buellia dispersa

speciesBuellia dispersa

Fluorescent Rock Buttons

speciesBuellia mamillana

Buellia muriformis

speciesBuellia muriformis

Buellia ocellata

speciesBuellia ocellata

Buellia subdisciformis

speciesBuellia subdisciformis

Buellia oidalea

speciesBuellia oidalea

Buellia trachyspora

speciesBuellia trachyspora

Disc Button Lichen

speciesBuellia stellulata

Buellia vernicoma

speciesBuellia vernicoma

Buellia maritima

speciesBuellia maritima

Buellia zoharyi

speciesBuellia zoharyi

Buellia cranwelliae

speciesBuellia cranwelliae

Schaerer's Disc Lichen

speciesBuellia schaereri

Buellia maculata

speciesBuellia maculata

Buellia abstracta

speciesBuellia abstracta

Buellia curatellae

speciesBuellia curatellae

Buellia concinna

speciesBuellia concinna

Buellia frigida

speciesBuellia frigida

Buellia saxorum

speciesBuellia saxorum

Buellia albula

speciesBuellia albula

Buellia tesserata

speciesBuellia tesserata

Buellia subcoronata

speciesBuellia subcoronata

Buellia georgei

speciesBuellia georgei

Bay buttons

speciesBuellia bahiana

Buellia triseptata

speciesBuellia triseptata

Swollen Button Lichen

speciesBuellia inturgescens

Buellia subalbula

speciesBuellia subalbula

Buellia arborea

speciesBuellia arborea

Buellia fosteri

speciesBuellia fosteri

Buellia dunedina

speciesBuellia dunedina

Buellia leptoclinoides

speciesBuellia leptoclinoides

Buellia sp. 'IN01'

speciesBuellia sp. 'IN01'

Buellia homophylia

speciesBuellia homophylia

Buellia parastata

speciesBuellia parastata

Buellia ryanii

speciesBuellia ryanii

Buellia desertica

speciesBuellia desertica

Buellia violaceofusca

speciesBuellia violaceofusca

Buellia hyperbolica

speciesBuellia hyperbolica

Buellia glomerulans

speciesBuellia glomerulans

Starry Breck Lichen

speciesBuellia asterella

Buellia leptocline

speciesBuellia leptocline

Buellia navajoensis

speciesBuellia navajoensis

Buellia nashii

speciesBuellia nashii

Buellia sequax

speciesBuellia sequax

Buellia alutacea

speciesBuellia alutacea

Buellia halonioides

speciesBuellia halonioides

Buellia dialytella

speciesBuellia dialytella

Buellia suttonensis

speciesBuellia suttonensis

Buellia insularicola

speciesBuellia insularicola

Buellia silicicola

speciesBuellia silicicola

Buellia smaragdula

speciesBuellia smaragdula

Buellia uberior

speciesBuellia uberior

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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 117925.