Flavocetraria cucullata #

Taxon #

Flavocetraria cucullata

Organization #

Rag-Like Parmelioids

Identification #

Flavocetraria cucullata is an off white to light green or sometimes yellowish lichen with very narrow, canaliculate, erect lobes. The lobe tips of this species flare outward like a trumpet which separates from the rarer but similar F. minuscula which terminates in tips which curl downwards like small claws.

Substrate #

terricolous, uncommonly lignicolous, very rarely corticolous

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Notes #

A ubiquitous species in the alpine throughout Alaska. Sometimes found at lower elevations at forest margins or bogs and fens.

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