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Parmelina quercina
Foliose lichen of grey color, very much adhered to the substrate and often with abundants bluff-reddish apothecia, big and disk shaped with thick, thalline margins. It can be up to 15 cm in diameter. Underside is dark getting paler close to the margins. The humidity change the apothecia colour to green.
On a Holm oak twig
Camera Model: NIKON D300. Exposure Time: 1/60 sec.; f/32; ISO Speed Rating: 800. Exposure Bias: 0 EV. Focal Length: 90.0 mm. Flash fired
Spotted on Mar 7, 2014
Submitted on Mar 11, 2014
2 Comments
Hahaha! Tolkienish? I would have never been able to express it that way!
Great description, Mark! I love it!
Tolkienish.