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Fungi - Ascomycota - Ascomycetes - Lecanorales - Parmeliaceae Zenker, 1827 – Usnea Species: Usnea antarctica Du Rietz, 1926. Common name: Antarctic shrub lichen. On rock (not in situ); leg./det. A.Bick (1982). Synonymy: Neuropogon antarcticus (Du Rietz) I.M. Lamb, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 52: 210 (1939) Neuropogon antarcticus f. sorediifera (Cromb.) I.M. Lamb, (1939) Neuropogon insularis I.M. Lamb, (1939) Neuropogon melaxanthus var. sorediifera Cromb., (1876) Usnea crombiei C.W. Dodge [as 'Crombii'], B.A.N.Z. Antarct. Exped. Res. Rep. 7: 212 (1948) Usnea crombiei var. sublaevis C.W. Dodge, B.A.N.Z. Antarct. Exped. Res. Rep. 7: 213 (1948) Usnea insularis (I.M. Lamb) C.W. Dodge, (1948) Usnea sulphurea var. sorediifera (Cromb.) Vain., Rapports Scientifiques belges, Resultats Voyage S.Y. Belgica, 1897-1899 Bot. (Anvers)(Lichens): 11 (1903)

This lichen lives very long: an age of 200 years is not unusual, the record is about 4500 years.
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