Lichinodium canadense

Lichinodium canadense is a species of small fruticose (bushy) cyanolichen in the family Lichinodiaceae.

Lichinodium canadense was formally described as a new species in 1968 by Norwegian lichenologist Aino Henssen.

The type specimen was collected in the Fraser River basin along Highway 1; here, in a mixed forest along a riverbank, the lichen was found growing on the bark of western redcedar (Thuja plicata), along with a then-undescribed species of Parmeliella.

[1] The species has also been recorded from the Incomappleux River valley in southeastern British Columbia.

[2] Lichinodium canadense has a brownish to blackish coloured, gelatinous thallus that occurs as single rosettes with a diameter of 2–3 mm (0.08–0.12 in).