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Photo by FlorianMeier
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Field Notes

Habitat:

Elit Mt. West-Papua/Irian Jaya.
Swamp on top of the mountain at about 3800 - 3950 m altitude

Notes:

Same area as the treefern "forest" on the post before.

(The moss is sphagnum)

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (4)
FlorianMeier
I´m not 100% sure, but should be Igneous rocks
LuckyLogan
Maybe a Calocera species. I would guess it's a fungus. Do you know what it was growing on?
FlorianMeier
I think it´s a fungus, but not sure. could it be a lichen?
LuckyLogan
Where the little white structures stiff?

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National Geographic's Great Nature Project
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PublishedOctober 25, 2013

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