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Vulpicida is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Parmeliaceae. Circumscribed in 1993 to contain species formerly placed in Cetraria, the genus is widespread in Arctic to northern temperate regions, and contains six species. The genus is characterized by the presence of the secondary metabolites pulvinic acid and vulpinic acid, compounds that when combined with usnic acid, give the species their characteristic yellow and green colors.

Vulpicida pinastri, the powdered sunshine, is a species of foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. The lichen has a greenish-yellow thallus and dorsiventral lobes. It grows on conifers and Betula in North America and Eurasia. It is the only sorediate species in the genus and is distinguished by the bright-yellow marginal soralia. The lichen, originally described by Italian naturalist Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in 1772, was transferred to the newly circumscribed genus Vulpicida by Jan-Eric Mattson and Ming-Jou Lai in 1993. In Iceland, V. pinastri grows on downy birch stems and branches. It is

Allocetraria is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Parmeliaceae. It consists of 12 species, with a center of distribution in China.

Usnocetraria oakesiana, commonly known as the yellow ribbon lichen, or the yellow-green ribbon lichen, is a species of corticolous (bark-dwelling), foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. It occurs in Asia, Europe, the north-eastern United States, and eastern Canada.

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Vulpicida juniperinus is a species of lichen found in the Northern Hemisphere, commonly known as rock sunshine lichen or yellow rock lichen. This species is characterized by its bright yellow, coral-like growth form on exposed ground, often in Arctic or alpine areas. Previously thought to be three distinct species, V. juniperinus is now thought of as a single species or a species complex, composed of what used to be V. juniperinus, V. tilesii, and V. tubulosis.

Vulpicida canadensis, the brown-eyed sunshine lichen, is a species of foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. It is endemic to northwestern North America where it grows as an epiphyte on the bark and wood of conifer trees.

Esslingeriana is a fungal genus in the family Parmeliaceae. The genus is monotypic, containing the single foliose lichen species Esslingeriana idahoensis, commonly known as the tinted rag lichen. It is found in northwestern North America.

Usnocetraria is a small genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Parmeliaceae. It contains two species of corticolous (bark-dwelling), foliose lichens.

Cetreliopsis is a genus of four species of lichens in the family Parmeliaceae.

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Menegazzia primaria is a species of foliose lichen found in Taiwan. It is closely related to Menegazzia terebrata.

Menegazzia anteforata is a species of foliose lichen from Taiwan. It was described as new to science in 2003.

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Menegazzia pseudocyphellata is a species of lichen found in Taiwan. It was identified in 2003 in Taroko National Park on Hehuanshan at an elevation of 3,200 meters.

Allocetraria ambigua is a species of foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. It is a alpine species recorded chiefly from the Himalayas and adjacent parts of western China, where it grows mainly on soil. Like other yellow members of its group, it contains usnic acid, a compound that contributes to its colour.

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Ramalina inclinata is a species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling) fruticose lichen in the family Ramalinaceae. Found in Taiwan, it was scientifically described by Hiroyuki Kashiwadani, Kwang Hee Moon, and Ming-Jou Lai in 2006.

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