common greenshield lichen
Flavoparmelia caperata, a leafy lichen with broad yellow-green lobes and a wrinkled, often powdery centre.
Flavoparmelia caperata (stor eikelav / common greenshield lichen)
All languages
- English
- common greenshield lichen
- Norwegian
- stor eikelav
- Japanese
- Flavoparmelia caperata — Scientific name; Japanese name under review
- Korean
- Flavoparmelia caperata — Scientific name; Korean name under review
- Spanish
- Flavoparmelia caperata — Scientific name; Spanish name under review
- French
- parmélie à larges lobes
- German
- Gewöhnliche Gelbschüsselflechte
Illustrations are AI-generated and translations are undergoing language review.
Reference sources
- Missouri Department of Conservation — common greenshield is a yellowish-green foliose bark lichen with broad rounded lobes, black underside, brown marginal zone and dusty soredial patches
- British Lichen Society — Flavoparmelia caperata has broad yellow-gray to apple-green lobes, coarse soredia, black lower surface and simple rhizines