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List of Buellia species
2026-11-15 13:48:29 · The Daily Ledger
This is a list of species in the predominantly crustose lichen genus Buellia. They are commonly known as "button lichens" due to the characteristic shape of their apothecia. A 2020 estimate placed about 300 species in the genus. , Species Fungorum accepts 201 species (including 9 varieties) in Buellia.
A
Buellia adjuncta
Buellia aequata
Buellia aeruginascens
Buellia aeruginosa – Australia
Buellia aethalea
Buellia akatorensis – New Zealand
Buellia albulella – Australia
Buellia alectorialica – New Zealand
Buellia amandineiformis – Australia
Buellia amblyogona
Buellia arborea
Buellia arenaria
Buellia arnoldii
Buellia asterella
Buellia atroflavella
Buellia austera – Australia
Buellia austroabstracta – Australia
Buellia austroalpina – Australia
B
Buellia badia
Buellia billewersii – New Zealand
Buellia bogongensis – Australia
Buellia bohlensis – Australia
C
Buellia campbelliana
Buellia canobolasensis
Buellia capensis – South Africa
Buellia carballaliana
Buellia chionea
Buellia christophii
Buellia chujadoensis
Buellia chujana – South Korea
Buellia cinnabarina – Australia
Buellia claricollina – Australia
Buellia cranfieldii – Australia
Buellia cranwelliae – New Zealand
D
Buellia dakotensis
Buellia desertica
Buellia desertorum
Buellia dialyta
Buellia dijiana – Australia
Buellia dimbulahensis – Australia
Buellia diplotommoides
Buellia disciformis
Buellia dispersa
Buellia durackensis – Australia
E
Buellia ecclesensis – Australia
Buellia eganii
Buellia endoferruginea
Buellia endoleuca
Buellia epiaeruginosa – Australia
Buellia epifimbriata
Buellia epigaea
Buellia epigaella – Australia
Buellia erubescens
Buellia ewersii – Australia
Buellia excelsa
Buellia extenuatella – Australia
Buellia extremoorientalis
F
Buellia fallax – Australia
Buellia farinulenta
Buellia flavescens
Buellia fluviicygnorum – Australia
Buellia fosteri
Buellia fraudans
Buellia frigida
Buellia fuliginosa
G
Buellia geophila
Buellia georgei – Australia
Buellia gerontoides
Buellia griseovirens
Buellia gypsyensis – Falkland Islands
H
Buellia halonioides – Australia
Buellia haywardii – New Zealand
Buellia herveyensis – Australia
Buellia himalayensis
Buellia homophylia
Buellia hyperbolica
Buellia hypomelaena
Buellia hypopurpurea – New Zealand
Buellia hyporosea – Australia
Buellia hypostictella – New Zealand
I
Buellia iberica
Buellia innata
Buellia insularicola – Kermadec Islands
Buellia insularis
Buellia inturgescens
J
Buellia jugorum
K
Buellia kantvilasii – New Zealand
Buellia kaproorea – Australia
Buellia kerguelenica – Kerguelen Islands
Buellia kimberleyana – Australia
Buellia krempelhuberi
L
Buellia lactea
Buellia laurocanariensis
Buellia lepidastroidea
Buellia leptocline
Buellia leptoclinoides
Buellia leucomela – Jamaica; United States
Buellia lichexanthonica
Buellia lobata – Australia
M
Buellia mackeei – New Caledonia
Buellia macveanii – Australia
Buellia magaliesbergensis – South Africa
Buellia maficola – Australia
Buellia malcolmii – New Zealand
Buellia mamillana
Buellia marginulata
Buellia maungatuensis – New Zealand
Buellia mawsonii
Buellia mayrhoferae – Australia
Buellia mediterranea
Buellia mesospora – Australia
Buellia microsporella
Buellia minispora – Antarctica
Buellia mogensenii – Greenland
Buellia molonglo – Australia
Buellia morsina
Buellia multispora
N
Buellia namaquaensis – South Africa
Buellia nashii
Buellia navajoensis
Buellia nordinii – Venezuela
Buellia northallina – Australia
Buellia numerosa – Japan
O
Buellia ocellata
Buellia oidalea
P
Buellia pallidomarginata
Buellia pannarina – Australia
Buellia papanui – New Zealand
