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Parmelina quercina

Parmelina quercina

Photo by arlanda
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Foliose lichen of grey color, very much adhered to the substrate and often with abundants bluff-reddish apothecia, big and disk shaped with thick, thalline margins. It can be up to 15 cm in diameter. Underside is dark getting paler close to the margins. The humidity change the apothecia colour to green.

Habitat:

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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Comments (2)

Hahaha! Tolkienish? I would have never been able to express it that way! Great description, Mark! I love it!

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