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Sulcaria
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Sulcaria

Sulcaria is a genus of three species of lichenized fungi in the family Parmeliaceae. Sulcaria was circumscribed by lichenologist Jan Bystrek in 1971.

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5 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Groovy Beard Lichen

speciesSulcaria badia

Sulcaria spiralifera

speciesSulcaria spiralifera

Splitting Yarn Lichen

speciesSulcaria isidiifera

Sulcaria sulcata

speciesSulcaria sulcata

Sulcaria virens

speciesSulcaria virens

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Recorded sightings

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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 174837.