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Porpidia
Porpidia is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Lecideaceae. Porpidia species primarily inhabit siliceous rocks, pebbles, and stonework, with rare occurrences on bark, wood, and compacted soil. The thallus, or body of the lichen, varies in appearance from thick and crusty to barely visible. It may form a continuous layer or develop cracks resulting in a segmented, areolate structure. The colour of the thallus ranges from grey and white to orange.
29 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Smokey-eyed Boulder Lichen
speciesPorpidia albocaerulescens
concentric boulder lichen
speciesPorpidia crustulata
Orange Boulder Lichen
speciesPorpidia flavicunda
Big-disk pebble lichen
speciesPorpidia macrocarpa
Boulder Lichen
speciesPorpidia tuberculosa
Carlott's porpidia lichen
speciesPorpidia carlottiana
Porpidia soredizodes
speciesPorpidia soredizodes
Hertel's Porpidia Lichen
speciesPorpidia cinereoatra
Cracked Pots
speciesPorpidia subsimplex
Porpidia melinodes
speciesPorpidia melinodes
Porpidia thomsonii
speciesPorpidia thomsonii
Porpidia ochrolemma
speciesPorpidia ochrolemma
Porpidia degelii
speciesPorpidia degelii
Porpidia speirea
speciesPorpidia speirea
Diverse Porpidia Lichen
speciesPorpidia contraponenda
Porpidia platycarpoides
speciesPorpidia platycarpoides
Porpidia rugosa
speciesPorpidia rugosa
Porpidia flavocruenta
speciesPorpidia flavocruenta
Porpidia superba
speciesPorpidia superba
Porpidia zeoroides
speciesPorpidia zeoroides
Porpidia hydrophila
speciesPorpidia hydrophila
Porpidia skottsbergiana
speciesPorpidia skottsbergiana
Porpidia striata
speciesPorpidia striata
Porpidia calcarea
speciesPorpidia calcarea
Porpidia afromontana
speciesPorpidia afromontana
Porpidia urbanskyana
speciesPorpidia urbanskyana
Porpidia nadvornikiana
speciesPorpidia nadvornikiana
Porpidia grisea
speciesPorpidia grisea
Boulder Lichen
speciesPorpidia lowiana
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 125754.