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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.
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
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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.