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Spotting

Description:

A yellow encrusting lichen. Spongy texture. Found on a bridge.

Notes:

Image highly magnified by macro lens.

1 Species ID Suggestions

Saarbrigger
Saarbrigger 12 years ago
common orange lichen, yellow scale, maritime sunburst lichen
Xanthoria parietina Xanthoria parietina


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2 Comments

AlexanderStein
AlexanderStein 12 years ago

Thanks! It's the yellow-gold dust/rust you find on bridges in the area.

Lola_deMiguel
Lola_deMiguel 12 years ago

Good macro! I think it is a species of Pleopsidium. I've seen similar ones.

AlexanderStein
Spotted by
AlexanderStein

Oregon, USA

Spotted on Jan 10, 2012
Submitted on Jan 14, 2012

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