Lasallia papulosa

Lasallia papulosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Subdivision: Pezizomycotina
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Family: Umbilicariaceae
Genus: Lasallia
Species: L. papulosa
Binomial name
Lasallia papulosa

Lasallia papulosa (common toadskin) is an umbilicate lichen (a lichen attached to its substrate at a single point).[1] It is in the Umbilicariaceae family.

References

  1. Lichen Vocabulary, LICHENS OF NORTH AMERICA, Sylvia and Stephen Sharnoff,
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