Yellow Cobblestone Lichen

Acarospora socialis

Summary 2

Acarospora socialis (bright cobblestone lichen) is a usually bright yellow aereolate to squamulose crustose lichen in the Acarosporaceae family that grows up to 10 cm wide, mostly on rock in western North America. It is among the most common lichens in the deserts of Arizona and southern California.:218-9:218-219 It grows on sandstone, intrusive and extrusive igneous rock such as granitics, in all kinds of exposures to sunlight, including vertical rock walls. It is found in N

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  1. (c) Don Loarie, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY), http://www.flickr.com/photos/loarie/11243361813/
  2. (c) Wikipedia, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acarospora_socialis

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