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leaf like lichen

?? also maybe cladonia

Description:

Lichens are composite organisms consisting of a symbiotic organism composed of a fungus (the mycobiont) with a photosynthetic partner (the photobiont or phycobiont), usually either a green alga (commonly Trebouxia) or cyanobacterium (commonly Nostoc). The morphology, physiology and biochemistry of lichens are very different from those of the isolated fungus and alga in culture. Lichens occur in some of the most extreme environments on Earth—arctic tundra, hot deserts, rocky coasts, and toxic slag heaps. However, they are also abundant as epiphytes on leaves and branches in rain forests and temperate woodland, on bare rock, including walls and gravestones, and on exposed soil surfaces (e.g., Collema) in otherwise mesic habitats.

Habitat:

Lichens are widespread and may be long-lived; however, many are also vulnerable to environmental disturbance, and may be useful to scientists in assessing the effects of air pollution, ozone depletion, and metal contamination

Notes:

i've no idea which species, currently i'm going another direction of the mycological workarea.It will maybe go by some time before i get it id'd, i appreciate every suggestion!

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AlexKonig
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AlexKonig

Horst aan de Maas, Limburg, Netherlands

Spotted on Nov 26, 2011
Submitted on Dec 16, 2011

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