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Orange Lichen

Photo by LaurenZarate
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Field Notes

Description:

This shockingly orange and feathery lichen was growing all over the Temples of the Maya Ruins in Bonampak. Nowhere else that we could find.

Habitat:

Lacandon Jungle, Bonampak Ruins, Chiapas.

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Mexico Horn of Plenty
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Lichens
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National Geographic's Great Nature Project
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PublishedApril 12, 2014

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