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Powdery Lichen

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Field Notes

Description:

Beautiful pale bluish green lichen, powdery to the touch and mold-like in appearance. You can see bands of color with the patch appearing more colorful where the lichen was thicker as it filled a crack in the rock.

Habitat:

Spotted growing on a rockface on top of Kennesaw Mountain

Species ID Suggestions

dust lichen

Lepraria
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PublishedMarch 9, 2013

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