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Description:

Rich brown apothecia; indistinct cups, not sorediate; few ascending squamules on podetia; podetia 1-6 cm tall; podetia grey/green.

Habitat:

cool north facing talus field. Rock type Granitic. 4500-5000 feet

1 Species ID Suggestions

wilkie
wilkie 10 years ago
Cup Lichen
Cladonia cariosa CNALH - Cladonia cariosa


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3 Comments

MilesBerkey
MilesBerkey 10 years ago

Yeah that is what i thought, but I think the podetia isn't sorediate as C. cariosa appears. hmmm

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MilesBerkey
MilesBerkey 10 years ago

It is some kind of cladonia

MilesBerkey
Spotted by
MilesBerkey

Washington, USA

Spotted on Oct 7, 2013
Submitted on Oct 13, 2013

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