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Unknown spotting

Description:

Greenish-yellow moss. Bumpy, on a stone wall.

Habitat:

Stone wall, in Stonington, ME



No species ID suggestions

3 Comments

Saarbrigger
Saarbrigger a year ago

Could be "common orange lichen", but it's hard to say. The picture is not clear enough.

margaretwmerritt
margaretwmerritt a year ago

Thank you! I knew it was some sort of lichen. I've seen this everywhere, but I didn't know what it was.

KarenL
KarenL a year ago

Welcome to Project Noah Margaret!
This looks like a species of crustose lichen, but I can't tell you the exact species. Lichens are very interesting organisms as they are actually a symbiosis between an algae & a fungi.
You can read more about lichens here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lichen

Maine, USA

Lat: 44.16, Long: -68.66

Spotted on Feb 4, 2012
Submitted on Feb 4, 2012

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