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Physcia adscendens

Physcia adscendens

Photo by arlanda
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40.5408, -3.68701

Field Notes

Description:

Foliose lichen.

Lobes with long marginal cilia and usually with helmet-like soralia at the tips; apothecia shortly-stalked with blue-black or thinly pruinose discs. Widespread and common on twigs, bark, walls and concrete, often in company with P. tenella and Xanthoria species as indicators of nitrogen enrichment. Generally more robust than P. tenella, with which it is usually mixed.

Habitat:

Widespread and common on twigs, bark, walls and concrete, often in company with P. tenella and Xanthoria species as indicators of nitrogen enrichment. Generally more robust than P. tenella, with which it is usually mixed.
Spotted on a Holm oak twig.

Notes:

Camera Model: NIKON D300. Exposure Time: 1/60 sec.; f/32; ISO Speed Rating: 800. Exposure Bias: 0 EV. Focal Length: 90.0 mm. Flash fired

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Identified as Physcia ascendents

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