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Wart lichens, water lichens, and allies

Pertusariales · 29 species · 4 families

In Québec, the order Pertusariales brings together 29 species of mushrooms, in 4 families. The stars? Pink Earth Lichen, Arctic Saucer Lichen and Candy Lichen, the most often observed. The richest region: Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine, with 16 species. Every species has its own page: photos, its season, its habitat and the best places to see it near you.

Species observed by region

Where do the observations come from?

  • Mostly iNaturalist : photos taken by people all over Québec, with the species confirmed by the community.
  • Other public sources : such as eBird for birds and the provincial forest inventories, gathered by GBIF, the global biodiversity data network.
  • What we keep : confirmed observations, with an exact position (not blurred to protect a rare species), that their author allows to be reused.
  • One place counts once : several observations of the same species at the same spot (within 11 m) count as one.
  • So our numbers are lower : than iNaturalist’s total. A region without observations does not mean the species does not live there.

Data downloaded in September 2026.

  1. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine16
  2. Bas-Saint-Laurent11
  3. Nord-du-Québec11
  4. Outaouais10
  5. Estrie9
  6. Capitale-Nationale8
  7. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean6
  8. Chaudière-Appalaches6
  9. Côte-Nord5
  10. Lanaudière4
  11. Laurentides4
  12. Montérégie3
  13. Mauricie2
  14. Abitibi-Témiscamingue1

Wart lichens, water lichens, and allies 29

Pertusariales
All2,745Agaricales945Lecanorales276Russulales170Polyporales149Boletales143Helotiales119Pezizales116Peltigerales77Hypocreales68Hymenochaetales58Caliciales56Pucciniales40Cantharellales35Xylariales31Pertusariales29Thelephorales29Gomphales27Teloschistales26Umbilicariales20Lecideales17Dacrymycetales15Verrucariales15Geastrales12Ostropales12Phallales12Arthoniales11Auriculariales11Geoglossales11Rhytismatales11Taphrinales11Leotiales10Rhizocarpales10Gloeophyllales7Mycosphaerellales7Pleosporales7Trapeliales7Acarosporales6Candelariales6Coniocybales6Entomophthorales6Eurotiales6Mycocaliciales6Tremellales6Diaporthales5Exobasidiales5Sebacinales5Botryosphaeriales4Corticiales4Mucorales4Baeomycetales3Hysteriales3Lichinales3Monoblastiales3Orbiliales3Tubeufiales3Venturiales3Abrothallales2Amylocorticiales2Atheliales2Atractiellales2Chaetosphaeriales2Hymeneliales2Neolectales2Patellariales2Platygloeales2Sarrameanales2Sordariales2Trypetheliales2Acrospermales1Bartheletiales1Boliniales1Capnodiales1Catinellales1Coronophorales1Cystofilobasidiales1Endogonales1Erythrobasidiales1Filobasidiales1Glomerellales1Hysterangiales1Laboulbeniales1Marthamycetales1Melanosporales1Onygenales1Ophiostomatales1Phacidiales1Phyllachorales1Pyrenulales1Sareales1Sclerococcales1Synchytriales1Thelebolales1Trechisporales1Tremellodendropsidales1Ustilaginales1Xenasmatellales1Unknown classification3
Family
All29Pertusariaceae11Ochrolechiaceae8Megasporaceae6Icmadophilaceae4
Pink Earth Lichen178 observations
Arctic Saucer Lichen112 observations
Candy Lichen103 observations
Finger Wart Lichen55 observations
Ashy cinder36 observations
Powdery Saucer Lichen30 observations
Bitter fluff-wart28 observations
Tree Saucer Lichen21 observations
White Worm Lichen16 observations
Macoun's Wart Lichen9 observations
Appalachian saucer9 observations
Rimmed Wart Lichen9 observations
Thin wart lichen8 observations
Tundra Saucer Lichen8 observations
Rosy Saucer Lichen7 observations
Ballhead pore lichen4 observations
Branch Bumps3 observations
Powdered Wart Lichen3 observations
Cudbear3 observations
False Sunken Disk Lichen3 observations
Rimmed lichen3 observations
Pustule Crust Lichen2 observations
Frosted Wart LichenPertusaria subambigens
Pore lichenPertusaria hymenea
Pore lichenLepra albescens
Puffed sunken disc lichenLobothallia alphoplaca
Blue-gray Sunken-diskCircinaria caesiocinerea
calcareous rimmed lichenCircinaria calcarea
WaterfingersSiphula ceratites