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Spotting

Description:

This is the first all red Lichen and or Fungus that I have found.

Habitat:

Found in swamp thicket, on limb of small tree growing in a foot of water.

Notes:

Not sure if I put this in the right category.

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11 Comments

Reza Hashemizadeh
Reza Hashemizadeh 11 years ago

Beautiful !

Fyn  Kynd
Fyn Kynd 11 years ago

Thanks Antonio, should I update it as P. cinnabarinus? Thanks for the comment. Thanks Gilma! Yep! :-)

Love that!! whatever it is...It has lovely colors.

great capture Fyn,at first it look more a kind of jely fungi,but seeing well the photos on google about P.cinnabarinus,i think Victoria suggestion maybee rigth,congrats and thanks for sharing

Fyn  Kynd
Fyn Kynd 11 years ago

Thanks Victoria, I will change it. I don't know about P. cinnabarinus, doesn't look right. Thanks Braulio and Leanne!

LeanneGardner
LeanneGardner 11 years ago

Great find Fyn!

Braulio Rivas Tapia
Braulio Rivas Tapia 11 years ago

Awesome colours!

maybe it's Cinnabar-red Polypore (Pycnoporus cinnabarinus)

it should go in the fungi category. cool spotting btw!

Fyn  Kynd
Fyn Kynd 11 years ago

Haha, yea! :-)

StephenSolomons
StephenSolomons 11 years ago

I dont know anything about Lichen but a red one seems kinda cool!

Fyn Kynd
Spotted by
Fyn Kynd

Maine, USA

Spotted on Dec 18, 2012
Submitted on Dec 18, 2012

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