Lasallia papulosa

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Lasallia papulosa
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photograph of a Lasallia papulosa herbarium specimen showing the lower surface with depressions. Growing on a boulder near cliffs at, Dolly Sods Wilderness, Monongahela National Forest, West Virginia. (scale marks = millimeters)
Status TNC G5.svg
Secure  (NatureServe) [1]
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Umbilicariales
Family: Umbilicariaceae
Genus: Lasallia
Species:
L. papulosa
Binomial name
Lasallia papulosa
(Ach.) Llano (1950)
Synonyms
  • Gyrophora papulosaAch. (1810)

Lasallia papulosa (common toadskin) is an umbilicate lichen (a lichen attached to its substrate at a single point). [2] It is in the family Umbilicariaceae.

References

  1. NatureServe. "Lasallia papulosa". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  2. Lichen Vocabulary, LICHENS OF NORTH AMERICA, Sylvia and Stephen Sharnoff, Archived 2015-01-20 at the Wayback Machine