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cobblestone lichens
Acarospora
Acarospora is a genus of mostly lichen-forming fungi in the family Acarosporaceae. Most species in the genus are crustose lichens that grow on rocks in open and arid places all over the world. They may look like a cobblestone road or cracked up old paint, and are commonly called cobblestone lichens or cracked lichens. They usually grow on rock (are "saxicolous"), but some grow on soil (terricolous) or on other lichens. Some species in the genus are fungi that live as parasites on other lichens (lichenicolous fungi). Acarospora is a widely distributed genus, with about 128 species according to a 2008 estimate.
Species in Acarospora may be shiny as if covered with a glossy varnish, or dull and powdery looking. They have a diverse range of colors, from the brilliant yellow bright cobblestone lichen, to the dark reddish-brown mountain cobblestone lichen, or they can appear tan, gray, or white, from a dusty-looking coating (pruina). They may grow in crustose forms like a warty surface (verrucose), like cracking-up old crust of paint (rimose), like a bunch of "islands" in a dry lake bed (areolate), like the flakes of cracking up paint are peeling up at the edges (sub-squamulous), or like the flakes are growing over others like scales (squamulous).
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Yellow Cobblestone Lichen
speciesAcarospora socialis
brown cobblestone lichen
speciesAcarospora fuscata
hoary cobblestone lichen
speciesAcarospora strigata
Soil Paint Lichen
speciesAcarospora schleicheri
Acarospora cervina
speciesAcarospora cervina
Sinoper Lichen
speciesAcarospora sinopica
Common Coal Dust Lichen
speciesAcarospora privigna
Rimmed Cobblestone Lichen
speciesAcarospora glaucocarpa
Corn Pops
speciesAcarospora stapfiana
Acarospora moenium
speciesAcarospora moenium
Acarospora thamnina
speciesAcarospora thamnina
Acarospora citrina
speciesAcarospora citrina
dusty cobblestone lichen
speciesAcarospora americana
Acarospora rosulata
speciesAcarospora rosulata
Acarospora robiniae
speciesAcarospora robiniae
golden cobblestone lichen
speciesAcarospora contigua
Acarospora hilaris
speciesAcarospora hilaris
Acarospora macrospora
speciesAcarospora macrospora
Acarospora thelococcoides
speciesAcarospora thelococcoides
Acarospora chrysops
speciesAcarospora chrysops
Piedmont Cobblestone
speciesAcarospora piedmontensis
Acarospora nodulosa
speciesAcarospora nodulosa
Acarospora badiofusca
speciesAcarospora badiofusca
Acarospora veronensis
speciesAcarospora veronensis
Acarospora bullata
speciesAcarospora bullata
mountain cobblestone lichen
speciesAcarospora elevata
Acorn Cups
speciesAcarospora obpallens
Acarospora placodiiformis
speciesAcarospora placodiiformis
Acarospora heufleriana
speciesAcarospora heufleriana
Acarospora clauzadeana
speciesAcarospora clauzadeana
Acarospora obnubila
speciesAcarospora obnubila
Acarospora bohlinii
speciesAcarospora bohlinii
Gypsum Lichen
speciesAcarospora gypsi-deserti
Acarospora nitrophila
speciesAcarospora nitrophila
Acarospora epilutescens
speciesAcarospora epilutescens
Acarospora calcarea
speciesAcarospora calcarea
Acarospora sulphurata
speciesAcarospora sulphurata
Acarospora canadensis
speciesAcarospora canadensis
Acarospora umbilicata
speciesAcarospora umbilicata
Acarospora oligospora
speciesAcarospora oligospora
Acarospora laqueata
speciesAcarospora laqueata
Acarospora insolata
speciesAcarospora insolata
Bagel Cobblestone
speciesAcarospora janae
molybdenum cracked lichen
speciesAcarospora molybdina
Acarospora squamulosa
speciesAcarospora squamulosa
Acarospora similis
speciesAcarospora similis
Acarospora versicolor
speciesAcarospora versicolor
Acarospora organensis
speciesAcarospora organensis
Acarospora nicolai
speciesAcarospora nicolai
Acarospora congregata
speciesAcarospora congregata
Acarospora complanata
speciesAcarospora complanata
Acarospora picea
speciesAcarospora picea
Acarospora novomexicana
speciesAcarospora novomexicana
Acarospora macrocyclos
speciesAcarospora macrocyclos
Acarospora epithallina
speciesAcarospora epithallina
Acarospora depressa
speciesAcarospora depressa
Acarospora affinis
speciesAcarospora affinis
Acarospora irregularis
speciesAcarospora irregularis
Acarospora xanthophana
speciesAcarospora xanthophana
Acarospora scotica
speciesAcarospora scotica
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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