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Physconia perisidiosa

Physconia perisidiosa

Photo by arlanda
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Field Notes

Description:

Foliose lichen 3-4 cm wide, with a green thallus when wet, drying grey or grey-brown with tinges of mauve. It has small lobes , expanded towards the tips, with marginal and terminal lip-like soralia and isidiate towards the centre of the thallus. The upper surface is pruinose and the undersides ecorticate at the tips, with black and bottle-brush-like rhizines, and white medulla. Apothecia are rare but when present have pruinose disks and have lobules around the disk margins.

Habitat:

Widespread but local on nutrient-rich bark, rarely on walls. This one was found on the bark of a Holm oak at 700 meters over the sea level.

Notes:

Camera Model: NIKON D300
Exposure Time: 1/3 sec. f/9
ISO 100
Focal Length: 90.0 mm

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