powder lichen
A lichen that forms a loose powdery or granular coating rather than distinct lobes or branches.
representative Lepraria species (mellav / powder lichen)
All languages
- English
- powder lichen
- Norwegian
- mellav
- Japanese
- 粉状地衣 — ふんじょうちい — funjō chii
- Korean
- 가루지의류 — garujiuiryu
- Spanish
- liquen pulverulento
- French
- lichen poudreux
- German
- Staubflechte
Illustrations are AI-generated and translations are undergoing language review.
Reference sources
- British Lichen Society — Lepraria has a diffuse crustose thallus composed mainly of powdery or granular uncorticated material and lacks fruiting bodies
- British Lichen Society — leprose lichens are diffuse powdery masses of fungal hyphae and algal cells with little or no structure
- Det Norske Akademis ordbok — mellav denotes the genus Lepraria