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Peltigera sp.

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Field Notes

Description:

Temptative ID.
Species of Peltigera are foliose, with broad lobed thalli.
Many Peltigera species are cyanolichens (having a cyanobacteria symbiont), but some Peltigera spp. have only an algae symbiont, and others have both.

Habitat:

Cerro de la Muerte.

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