genus

Pepper-Spore Lichens

Rinodina

Field notes

Rinodina is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Physciaceae. The genus has a widespread distribution and contains about 265 species. It is hypothesized that a few saxicolous species common to dry regions of western North America, southern Europe, North Africa and central Asia may date back 240 million years to the Middle Triassic.

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Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Most observed native pepper-spore lichens All

Native to the US, by observations.

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