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Waxpaper lichen

Parmelia sulcata

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Field Notes

Description:

Parmelia sulcata is a foliose lichen with a generally circular thallus that can range in color from glaucous white to gray on the upper cortex; the lower surface is black. The thallus is broadly lobed.

Habitat:

Spotted on a deciduous limb next to the Green river.

Reference Links:

Parmelia sulcata - Wikipedia

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