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Dry black lichen on dead branch in our woods.
A lichen is not a single organism, but the result of a partnership (mutualistic symbiosis) between a fungus and an alga or cyanobacteria.
Spotted on Dec 21, 2011
Submitted on Dec 21, 2011
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Thanks Clive - you are right it is a lichen but I can't find an exact species match.