Usnea scabrata
| Usnea scabrata | |
|---|---|
| In West Butte, Sweet Grass Hills, Montana, USA | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Lecanorales |
| Family: | Parmeliaceae |
| Genus: | Usnea |
| Species: | U. scabrata |
| Binomial name | |
| Usnea scabrata Nyl. (1875) | |
Usnea scabrata, the straw beard lichen, is a pale grayish-yellowish green, slender, pendant, branching from the base, unequally branching, shrubby fruticose lichen that grows from holdfasts on trees.: 214 It is warty with abundant isidia.: 214 It resembles Usnea filipendula.: 214