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Shield Lichen

Heterodermia sp.

Photo by PucaK
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Field Notes

Description:

Foliose lichen. Lobate; medium – 12 to 13 cm diameter - sized, moderately attached, and combining to form an extensive, radiating mat. Lobes, elongate, discrete or contiguous; tips flabellate (fan-shaped), without marginal cilia. Upper surface: green to gray, with some soredia or isidia. Lower surface pale Apothecia absent.

Habitat:

Growing on boulders on east-facing slope above a lake.

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