Category hierarchy: Fungi & Lichens | LichensDescription: 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 F100fdOriginal date: 20090725Locality: Latitude: 4.044580000000000e+001; Longitude: -1.117510000000000e+002
