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Common orange lichen

Xanthoria parietina

Photo by arlanda
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Field Notes

Description:

Xanthoria parietina is a foliose, pale- to golden-yellow or orange, grey in shade, lacking isidia or soredia; The fruit bodies called apothecia are usually present, margins concolorous with thallus, disks orange.

Habitat:

Generally very common on nutrient-enriched bark and stonework, often abundant on coastal rocks. This specimen was spotted on a small dead tree.

Notes:

Camera Model: NIKON D300. Exposure Time: 1/400 sec.; f/8; ISO Speed Rating: 400. Focal Length: 300.0 mm.

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