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Linchen

Photo by RiekoS
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Description:

A lichen is a composite organism consisting of a fungus and a photosynthetic partner growing together in a symbiotic relationship. The photobiont is usually either a green alga or cyanobacterium. - from Wikipedia

Notes:

I found these lichen around the crab apple tree branches. I do not know specific name of this lichen.

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