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Elegant sunburst lichen (Xanthoria elegans)

Image of elegant orange wall lichen

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Category hierarchy: Fungi & Lichens | Lichens
Description: Elegant sunburst lichen growing on a rock face beside a mountain road. Tentatively identified as Xanthoria elegans.

This image was taken while the photographer was participating in the 2009 Joint Annual Meeting of these leading scientific societies: Mycological Society of America, American Bryological and Lichenological Society, American Fern Society, American Society of Plant Taxonomists, and the Botanical Society of America; also known as Botany/Mycology 2009.
Capture device: Camera: Fujifilm FinePix F100fd
Original date: 20090725

Locality: Latitude: 4.044580000000000e+001; Longitude: -1.117510000000000e+002

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