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Lichen

Photo by SukanyaDatta
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Field Notes

Description:

Orange/reddish/yellowish encrustations on bare rocks.

Habitat:

At altitudes between 11 thousand to 18 thousand feet in the Himalayan ranges in Ladakh, India.

Notes:

Did not see any animal graze on it.

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