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Hypogymnia tubulosa
Foliose lichen, with tubular, hollow lobes and slightly roughened surfaces. It presents rounded soralia, becoming capitate lobes. Green-grey coloured above, dark brown to black beneath and lacking rhizines. Apothecia are rare, stalked, with red-brown discs.
Widespread and common on acid-barked trees, often with H. physodes. Spotted on a Holm oak tree bark.
Camera Model: NIKON D300. Exposure Time: 1/60 sec.; f/36; ISO Speed Rating: 800. Exposure Bias: 0 EV. Focal Length: 90.0 mm. Flash fired.
Spotted on Jan 24, 2014
Submitted on Feb 3, 2014
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