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Xanthoria elegans
Small crustose lichen (ca. 2-3 cm wide) although the thallus can be described as foliose, having the aspect of leaves. Orange to red colored thallus at the sides with orange-red apotecia in the center of the lichen. It was one of the first lichens to be used for the rock-face dating method known as lichenometry.
Spotted on a granite rock. Mountain.
Camera Model: NIKON D500. Exposure Time: 1/60 sec.; f/11; ISO Speed Rating: 800. Focal Length: 90.0 mm. No flash fired. DSC_0347, 0350, 0354
Spotted on Apr 8, 2018
Submitted on May 9, 2018
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