Fungi > Ascomycota > Lecanoromycetes > Lecanorales > Parmeliaceae > Xanthoparmelia > Xanthoparmelia chlorochroa

Xanthoparmelia chlorochroa (tumbleweed shield lichen)

Synonyms: Parmelia chlorochroa

Wikipedia Abstract

Xanthoparmelia chlorochroa, commonly known as the tumbleweed shield lichen, or ground lichen, is a foliose lichen in the Parmeliaceae family. It is not fixed to a substrate, and blows around in the wind from location to location. It is used as a dye by Navajo rug weavers.
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Attributes

Structure [1]  Lichen

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1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
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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