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Gold Cobblestone lichen
Pleopsidium flavum
42.6675, 44.6158
Field Notes
Description:
Bright yellow or yellow-green crustose lichen, with lobed edges.
Habitat:
Seen growing on bare rocks, forming very coloured tapestries of multitude of lichens. Seen on slopes of one of the lower peaks of Caucasus, at some 2200 - 2300 m of altitude, and in an adjacent valley, laying at some 1900m. The valley and these slopes are regularly beaten by harsh winds, and are intermittently covered by coniferous groves, thorny shrub groves, mountain grasslands and barren rocks.
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Pleopsidium flavum - Wikipedia
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PublishedMay 7, 2019
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