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Wolf lichen

Letharia vulpina

Photo by shebebusynow
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Field Notes

Description:

intensely chartreuse green lichen growing in little bunches on Ponderosa pine

Habitat:

very dry high plateau, in Ponderosa pine chaparral

Notes:

useful for dying porcupine quills yellow; the same substance is toxic to carnivores.

Species ID Suggestions

wolf lichen

Letharia vulpina

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