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Xanthoria parietina
Looks like gold on stones.
a the coast
It's the food of some butterflies/mothes.
Spotted on Jul 23, 2011
Submitted on Aug 5, 2011
3 Comments
Well, you obviously found it at maritime climate and on stone. Both speak more likely for the elegans. (the name Maritime Sunburst is confusing here - the Elegant is found more often on rocks at seasides)
You're rigth Lars. It looks similar, but I stay with the "common orange lichen" due to the pics I found in the web. The "Elegant Sunburst Lichen" looks for me more like as it would form some sort of "pellets" and the "common orange lichen" forms "cups".
This could also be the Elegant Sunburst Lichen, Xanthoria elegans.
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/891...