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hair lichens

genus Teloschistes

Member of sunburst lichens, firedots, and allies (family Teloschistaceae)
common lichens (class Lecanoromycetes)
higher ascomycetes (subphylum Pezizomycotina)
ascomycete fungi (phylum Ascomycota)
fungi including lichens (kingdom Fungi)

Except for extremely rare examples that I don't expect to encounter, there are no other wild species of this genus in the bay area.


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golden-eye lichen
Teloschistes chrysophthalmus
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golden hair-lichen
Teloschistes flavicans

2 observed taxons

Chris’s observations: 2 (1 is research grade)

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Taxon info: iNaturalist

Bay Area species: iNaturalist