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Liverwort

Frullania sp.

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Field Notes

Description:

Very interesting plant, for a long time I kept looking its' ID under lichens. Roundish plaques on tree bark, very-dark-brown or black and scaly.

Habitat:

Found in a broadleaved forest growing on steep slopes of Bauges massif, French Prealps.

Reference Links:

Marchantiophyta - Wikipedia

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
Zlatan Celebic
Thanks Machi - indeed, I was looking in a totally wrong direction.
Machi
I think this is actually a liverwort. I have a similar observation here: https://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/1348716002 where you can see some closeups of the scaly nature of its growth.

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PublishedFebruary 25, 2021

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