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Trentepohlia

Trentepohlia sp.

Description:

Trentepohlia is a genus of filamentous green algae I found on limestones of the ancient Mayan pyramids.

Habitat:

Bonampak in the Lacandon Rainforest.

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3 Comments

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 10 years ago

Thank you Arlanda for the ID. I think it is the same one as yours.
Thank you Bernadette.

arlanda
arlanda 10 years ago

Nice spotting Luis!
Maybe it is not a lichen. I found something similar and after months looking around I found out it was an algae, Trentepohlia sp.
Have a look at my spotting:
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/181...

Bernadette S
Bernadette S 10 years ago

What a gorgeous color!

LuisStevens
Spotted by
LuisStevens

Chiapas, Mexico

Spotted on Dec 11, 2013
Submitted on Mar 18, 2014

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