bryoria

plural bryorias

1. Any stringy, hairlike lichenized fungus of the genus Bryoria.

   ID tips: Bryorias are brown.

   2022 September 29, Diane L. Haughland, Common Lichens of Edmonton Alberta, Fruticose Lichens, page 5

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   In testing for color reaction on dark lichens (e.g. Bryorias) one lays the lichen tested upon a piece of white filterpaper on a slide.

   1995, Volkmar Wirth, translated by Doyle Anderegg, The Lichens, volume 1, Baden-Württemberg, 3.2.5 The Chemistry of Lichens: Determination with the Aid of Color Reactions, page 13

   Notes: Bryoria capillaris is readily distinguished from other sorediate Bryorias by its palegrey thallus, inconspicuous pseudocyphellae and presence of barbatolic acid.

   2014 September 22, Saara Velmala, Leena Myllys, Trevor Goward, Håkon Holien, Pekka Halonen, “Taxonomy of Bryoria section Implexae (Parmeliaceae, Lecanoromycetes) in North America and Europe, based on chemical, morphological and molecular data”, in Annales Botanici Fennici, Finnish Zoological and Botanical Publishing Board, page 363