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Pilophorus acicularis
This is a fruticose lichen with toothpaste-colored stalks terminating in matte, black apothecia which resemble the heads of match sticks. The matchsticks are brittle.
They grow on top of large, mossy boulders in the forest. Found these in alpine terrain in North Cascades National Park.
Due to their whimsical horizontal growth habitus, I flipped some of the photos horizontally and vertically. The lichens seem to defy gravity.
Spotted on Jun 12, 2019
Submitted on Oct 21, 2020
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