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Spotted at Owhiro bay, Wellington NZ.
Teloschistales / Teloschistaceae
This lichen stretched over the corner of a ...
Yellow and orange, about 5 cm by 3 cm, surrounded by smaller ones. Growing on a ...
The interior has dark orange apothecia and the lobed margins are lighter.
Deep orange with many disc-shaped apothecia. Several species of
Bright orange rosettes, saucer shaped fruiting bodies, closely attached to ...
In direct sun, growing on an old, ocean-facing granite wall along a paved road.
composed of Physcia sp., maybe P. dubia (2nd picture),
take a closer look at the myriad of coexisting rock
I've never seen so much lichen before in ...
Small crustose lichen (ca. 2-3 cm wide) ...
X. elegans? Caloplaca flavescens? My boss ...
The thallus of this lichen is described as ...