Rock Greenshield

Flavoparmelia baltimorensis

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Flavoparmelia baltimorensis or Rock greenshield lichen (from Lichens of North America) is a medium to large foliose lichen with a yellow green upper surface when dry; lobes rounded without pseudocyphellae; the upper surface with globose, pustule-like growths resembling isidia. Lower surface is black with a narrow brown zone at the margins.

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  1. (c) Vitaly Charny, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://images.mushroomobserver.org/640/78129.jpg
  2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flavoparmelia_baltimorensis

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