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Lecanora hybocarpa, Buellia stillingiana, Pyrrhospora varians
bark. Coweeta in Nantahala NF
Collected for Lichen Bioblitz. Sorry to put three species on one spotting. I'm not the one who ID'd these, and I can't tell them apart. Online descriptions are highly variable. If anyone can point out which is which, I'll separate into additional spottings.
Spotted on Mar 29, 2014
Submitted on Apr 2, 2014
3 Comments
reminds me of http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/233...
Yes, the map look is a really cool one! We learned that each lichen gives off chemicals at the edge to protect itself from being taken over by the other lichens - a fungicide produced by a fungus - crazy!
Fascinating stuff. Just call the whole thing 'Map of Europe' lichen. :-)