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Pucciniales sp.
Rusts are plant diseases caused by pathogenic fungi of the order Pucciniales. About 7800 species are known. Rusts can affect a variety of plants; leaves, stems, fruits and seeds. Rust is most commonly seen as coloured powder, composed off tiny aeciospores which land on vegetation producing pustules, or uredia, that form on the lower surfaces.
Spotted on Nov 20, 2011
Submitted on Nov 20, 2011
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Added to mission "Beauty of Decay"
No...an orange/yellow lichen would have been very obviously leafy in it's structure. This one can't be mistaken by it's powdery appearance.
I would have mistaken this for orange lichen.