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Alectoria sarmentosa is a pale yellow-green or grayish-green fruticose lichen that grows in branching strands (pendant) up to 40 cm or more long, hanging from an holdfast anchor on bark and twigs.:148-50 It is similar to members of the genus Usnea.:148-50 The fruiting part (apothecia) is a convex disc of similar color to the main body to light brown, circled by a rim of tissue similar to the tissue of the main body (lecanorine).:148-50 It commonly...

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