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Lichen

Photo by musicalsky
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Field Notes

Description:

greenish tan
each circle 5-15 centimeters in diameter

Habitat:

growing on evergreen tree bark in Maryland

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
Mark Ridgway
You can put lichen into 'Fungi' category if you like. The current thinking is they are primarily a fungus in a symbiotic relationship with a photobiont (either bacterium or algae).
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PublishedJuly 2, 2014

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