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Sunshine Lichens
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Sunshine Lichens

Vulpicida

Vulpicida is a genus of lichenized fungi within the Parmeliaceae family. Circumscribed in 1993 to contain species formerly placed in Cetraria, the genus is widespread in Arctic to northern temperate regions, and contains six species. The genus is characterized by the presence of the secondary metabolites pulvinic acid and vulpinic acid, compounds that when combined with usnic acid, give the species their characteristic yellow and green colors.

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5 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Powdered Sunshine Lichen

speciesVulpicida pinastri

Brown-eyed Sunshine Lichen

speciesVulpicida canadensis

Yellow Lichen

speciesVulpicida juniperinus

Vulpicida tubulosus

speciesVulpicida tubulosus

Hidden Sunshine

speciesVulpicida viridis

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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 54322.