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Oakmoss

Evernia prunastri

Description:

Lichen of some sort - but I never got around ID-ing these fellows :)

Notes:

Near a moor (Balata to) between trees

1 Species ID Suggestions

hercule
hercule 12 years ago
Oakmoss (German: Eichenmoos)
Evernia prunastri


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4 Comments

NicoleB
NicoleB 12 years ago

Grin, Alice, that was my best guess too.

I think, hercule nailed it though.

Oakmoss it is, I would say :)

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 12 years ago

I would say Lichen.

NicoleB
NicoleB 12 years ago

Not that I have any idea of lichen, but the one you suggested seems more like one that creeps along things like bark.
This one was hanging kind of bushy down a branch.

MediyansyahTaharani
MediyansyahTaharani 12 years ago

probably Xanthoparmelia plittii".., but i not sure :)

NicoleB
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NicoleB

Dél-Dunántúl, Hungary

Spotted on Aug 1, 2009
Submitted on Jul 26, 2011

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