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Pink Earth Lichen

Crustose

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Field Notes

Description:

Pink Earth Lichen is found on sterile soil, as in roadcuts and ditches, in most termperate regions. The gray thallus produces flesh-colored (pink) fruiting knobs on 0.2 inch stalks. Cottony fibers fill the knobs.

Habitat:

Sterile soil

Notes:

Snow machine trails.

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Nonflowering Plants & Mushrooms of the NorthEastern US
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PublishedJuly 23, 2014

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