Fungi > Ascomycota > Lecanoromycetes > Lecanorales > Parmeliaceae > Dolichousnea > Dolichousnea longissima

Dolichousnea longissima (Old Man's Beard)

Synonyms: Parmelia coralloidea var. longissima; Usnea barbata longissima; Usnea barbata var. longissima; Usnea longissima; Usnea longissima typica

Wikipedia Abstract

Dolichousnea longissima, Old Man's Beard or Methuselah's Beard Lichen, is a lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. It was previously known as Usnea longissima.
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Infraspecies

Usnea longissima longissima

Attributes

Structure [1]  Lichen

Predators

Rhinopithecus bieti (black snub-nosed monkey)[2]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 2Bamboo Leaf-Based Diet of Rhinopithecus bieti at Lijiang, China; Shijian Yang, Qi-Kun Zhao; Folia Primatol 2001;72:92–95
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0