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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Lecanorales |
| Family: | Parmeliaceae |
| Genus: | Usnea |
| Species: | U. scabrida |
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| Usnea scabrida Taylor (1844) | |
Usnea scabrida is a foliose lichen that grows from holdfasts on trees. It occurs in southwest Western Australia. It is a very pale grayish-yellowish green, slender, pendant, branching from the base, unequally branching, and shrubby. The cortex contains usnic acid, and the medulla contains scabrosins. The lichen was described as a new species in 1844 by English botanist Thomas Taylor.
Usnea scabrida is endemic to Western Australia, South Australia, New South Wales and Victoria, but is also found outside Australia, and in Queensland. A subspecies Usnea scabrida subsp. elegans is found in eastern Australia.
References
- "Usnea scabrida". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- "Usnea scabrida - ANBG Lichen website". anbg.gov.au. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
- ^ Cranfield, R. J; Western Australia. Dept. of Environment and Conservation. Science Division (2009), Cryptogam of the month, January 2009 : Usnea scabrida, Dept. of Environment & Conservation, retrieved 9 December 2018
- ^ "Checklist of the Lichens of Australia and its Island Territories: Usnea scabrida subsp. scabrida". www.anbg.gov.au. Retrieved 2021-03-02.
- Taylor, T. (1844). "Description of some new mosses and lichens from the Australian colonies". Phytologist. 1: 1093–1096.
- Department of Environment and Science, Queensland (2014-10-20). "Species profile | Environment, land and water: Usnea scabrida". apps.des.qld.gov.au. Retrieved 2021-03-02.
- "Usnea scabrida subsp. elegans | Atlas of Living Australia". bie.ala.org.au. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
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