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Lichen wars

Physcia biziana, Xanthoria parietina

Description:

Physcia biziana and Xanthoria parietina fighting for the sunny side of the tree

Habitat:

On the bark of a Horse-chestnut

Notes:

Camera Model: NIKON D300. Exposure Time: 1/250 sec. f/11 ISO Speed Rating: 200. Focal Length: 90.0 mm. Flash fired

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9 Comments

arlanda
arlanda 12 years ago

Well Emma, this is a tricky question. We already had a few discussions about it. Have a look at http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/861...
In wikipedia, for example, they are classified as fungi, as lichenised fungi!!!

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 12 years ago

Arlanda,isn't Lichen categorized as other?

arlanda
arlanda 12 years ago

Es verdad! O la bandera del Vaticano

eulalia rubio
eulalia rubio 12 years ago

Es como la señal de pequeño recorrido :)

arlanda
arlanda 12 years ago

Thanks Ava, thanks Hans

Hans.New
Hans.New 12 years ago

Thats great. Good find.

Ava T-B
Ava T-B 12 years ago

That's cool.

arlanda
arlanda 12 years ago

Thanks MihaiER

MihaiER
MihaiER 12 years ago

Wow!!! Great finding!

arlanda
Spotted by
arlanda

Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Spotted on Mar 1, 2012
Submitted on Mar 10, 2012

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