Chrysothrix
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Chrysothrix candelaris
Description: Thallus bright yellow, occasionally flecked with orange, comprised entirely of fine powdery soredia less than 0.1 mm.
Distribution: Largely west of Cascades in Washington; northern British Columbia to southern California, northern Michigan and Wisconsin, coastal Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts, Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana, southern Mississippi and Alabama, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida.
Habitat: Shaded areas.
Substrate: Bark of all kinds, occasionally on rock.
Chrysothrix granulosa
Origin: Native