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Tillandsia usneoides (also known by various other scientific 

 names) and bears small, yellowish flowers. It has narrow leaves 

 along the stem. 



Alectoria juhata (L.). Brown Mane Lichen 



Hanging downward from the bark of trees in bogs and 

 swamps, or on mountain tops, will be found occasional tufts of 

 the Brown Mane, consisting of tangled and branching hairs 

 somewhat like Usnea. In the New York area, the stalks remain 

 slender, rarely more than 0.3 mm. in diameter, and usually not 

 more than 10 or 15 cm. long. Under a lens the surface is seen 

 to be smooth and shining, usually browned or blackened, as 

 though scorched by fire. This color will distinguish it from 

 Usnea, as will also the hollow stalk, lacking Usnea's tough core. 

 Farther north, Alectoria becomes larger and more robust. 



Fruits, rare in the New York area, are chestnut brown, up 

 to 3 mm. in diameter, with an inconspicuous rim and no fibrils. 

 Spores much like those of Usnea, one-celled, colorless, 6 to 9 by 

 4 to 6 microns. 



Alectoria chalybeiformis (L.) is only a subspecies of A. ju- 

 hata, usually tufted instead of hanging, and sometimes growing 

 on mossy rocks as well as trees. It is often covered with white 

 specks which under the lens show as rounded patches of soredia. 

 These are rare on A. juhata. It does not fruit. 



Alectoria sarmentosa Ach., Stringy Lichen, rare south of 

 northern New England, is straw-colored or greenish instead 

 of the characteristic brown of A. juhata, and has fruits up to 

 7 mm. in diameter, with brown spores 20 to 48 by 12 to 24 

 microns. These very large, dark spores easily distinguish it 

 from any other hanging lichen. 



Alectorias are well marked and distinct from other lichens. 

 Their round stalks separate them from most Ramalina, Evernia 

 and Teloschistes species, the hollow structure, and the usually 

 browned and shining surface from Usnea. When not growing on 

 trees, the color and the manner of branching, ending in hair-like 

 fibrils, prevent confusion with the Reindeer Mosses of Group 2. 



Teloschistes chrysophthalmus (L.) Gold Eye Lichen 



This little tufted species, often only 1 or 2 cm. long, may 

 stand upright or hang down like a miniature Usnea, and in 



