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Maritime sunburst lichen

Xanthoria parietina

Photo by staccyh
Published on Project Noah
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staccyh
Thanks Suzanne! The picture in the wiki link does look similar to my photo - its probably the right one.
suzmonk
Really nice photo, staccyh. I'm not a lichen expert, by any means, but I poked around a little online. See what you think about genus Xanthoria ... maybe http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xanthoria_parietina.

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PublishedAugust 31, 2013

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