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Rhizoplaca chrysoleuca
Rhizoplaca chrysoleuca is a pale yellowish-green to gray-green umbillicate foiliose lichen with apothecia that is pale to burnt orange disc.
Spotted on exposed basalt at the Ginkgo Petrified Forest State Park.
Spotted on Jul 6, 2019
Submitted on Jul 9, 2019
2 Comments
Thank you for your kind words Neil.
Such an unusual spotting. I love the texture - it looks like plastic that's melted right onto the rock. Cool spotting.