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Porpidia

  • enlarged photo
  • Image author: Stephen & Sylvia Sharnoff ©
  • Porpidia flavocaerulescens, example species ('orange boulder lichen') on rock. The black discs are fruiting bodies of the lichen fungus. Dark lines form where two individual lichens meet.
  • along the Denali Highway, AK, USA.
  • Original image
  • Website: Lichens of North America

 

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Last modified: January 17, 2012