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Bullseye Lichen
Placopsis scripta
57.7816, -152.396
Field Notes
Description:
This is a species new to science known from several localities around the Gulf of Alaska. When I was collecting samples I found these small, pink apothecia on only a few of the individuals; the last time I photographed them I didn't find any.
Habitat:
On a large boulder in a parking lot on Near Island. There are only a couple buildings here and no homes to this small island adjacent to Kodiak.
Notes:
I came back to get samples after taking some photos (https://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/341564670) and I sent them off for sequencing to the scientists writing the paper about this soon-to-be described species. They confirmed this as Placopsis scripta.
<br><br>See this spotting for more zoomed out views of the lichen: https://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/341564670
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