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Common Button Lichen
Buellia erubescens
28 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Lecidella lichenLecidella elaeochroma
concentric boulder lichenPorpidia crustulata
Bloody-heart LichenMycoblastus sanguinarius
Tiny Many-spored ButtonsAmandinea polyspora
Smokey-eyed Boulder LichenPorpidia albocaerulescens
hypoxylon cankerBiscogniauxia atropunctata
Boreal Button LichenBuellia disciformis
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 2,921 |
|---|---|
| Alaska | 1,008 |
| Canada | 671 |
| Ontario | 431 |
| Nova Scotia | 326 |
| Minnesota | 240 |
| Michigan | 168 |
| North Carolina | 121 |
| New Brunswick | 119 |
| Louisiana | 118 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Group and habits
- Lichen growth formListed by a harvested source as belonging to the lichen plant group.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
Classification
| Kingdom | Fungi Including Lichens · Fungi |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Ascomycete Fungi · Ascomycota |
| Class | Common Lichens · Lecanoromycetes |
| Order | button lichens, rosette lichens, and allies · Caliciales |
| Family | Button and Allied Lichens · Caliciaceae |
| Genus | Button lichens · Buellia |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- Traits: USDA PLANTS Characteristics (U.S. Government work / public domain)
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Common Button Lichen with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.