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Cladonia pleurota

Cladonia pleurota

Description:

Fruticose lichen, with podetia cup shaped, yellow-green colored. Exterior surface and inside of cup densely covered with small, corticate granules, exterior also with small squamules. Margins with minute, bright red pycnidia; apothecia bright red, conspicuous, on irregular and distorted podetia.

Habitat:

Spotted on a granite rock wall.

Notes:

Camera Model: NIKON D300. Exposure Time: 1/60 sec.; f/32; ISO Speed Rating: 200. Focal Length: 90.0 mm. Flash fired.

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3 Comments

arlanda
arlanda 11 years ago

Thanks injica

MayraSpringmann
MayraSpringmann 11 years ago

Wonderful!!!

injica
injica 11 years ago

Amazing :)

arlanda
Spotted by
arlanda

O Saviñao, Galicia, Spain

Spotted on Aug 13, 2012
Submitted on Oct 28, 2012

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