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    Usnea is a genus of mostly pale grayish-green fruticose lichens that grow like leafless mini-shrubs or tassels anchored on bark or twigs.: 203  The genus...
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    Usnea hirta is a species of beard lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. It was one of 80 lichen species first formally described by Carl Linnaeus in his...
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    Dolichousnea longissima (syn. Usnea longissima), commonly known by the names old man's beard or Methuselah's beard lichen, is a fruticose lichen in the...
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  • Usnea glabrescens is a species of beard lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. It grows on bark, has a shrubby thallus with a blackened base, and a thick...
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  • Usnea glabrata is a species of beard lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. It was first described as a variety of Usnea plicata by Erik Acharius. Finnish...
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    Usnea florida is a species of beard lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1753 work Species Plantarum. German...
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    Usnea intermedia, the western bushy beard, is a grayish-yellowish pale green, irregularly much-branching, stiff shrubby fruticose lichen commonly anchored...
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  • Krempelh. Usnea australis Fr. Usnea baileyi Zahlbr. Usnea barbata Fr. Usnea barbata f. ceratina Ach. Usnea barbata f. florida Fr. Usnea barbata var. articulata...
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    species of ferns, Lycopodium, lichens, and orchids. Old man's beard (Usnea barbata) hanging from branches adds to the beauty of the forests. About 16 of...
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    protective purposes when the adults of the species rest against the lichen Usnea barbata. Hudson argued that when at rest on this plant with its hindwings hidden...
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    to August in one generation. The larvae feed on lichens, including Usnea barbata. The larvae are bright green with large black dots. It overwinters as...
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    orygmaea Ach. S. richardi = S. faveolata var. richardi (Mont.) Linds. Usnea barbata var. sulphurea Hook.f. & Taylor U. plicata var. hirta = U. hirta (L...
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    neotropica, familia juglandaceae - produces shades of brown Q'aq'a sunkha - Usnea barbata, familia Usneaceae - produces shades of dark orange to brown Tayanka...
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    antimicrobial. Frankos VH (January 2005). "NTP nomination for usnic acid and Usnea barbata herb" (PDF). National Toxicology Program. Retrieved on November 7, 2008...
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    common in the genera Usnea (the beard lichens) and Cladonia. The compound was first isolated in 1880 from the lichen Usnea barbata by chemists John Stenhouse...
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     tinctorum); Parmotrema (P. cetrarum, P. araucaria, P. sulcata); and Usnea (U. barbata, U. baylei, U. faciata, U. longissima, U. meridionalis, U. rubescens)...
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    lichens) Lichen String-of-sausages lichen Usnea articulata Fungi (including lichens) Lichen Witches’ whiskers Usnea florida Fungi (including lichens) Lichen...
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