Frosted Rock Tripe

Umbilicaria americana

Summary 2

Umbilicaria americana, commonly known as Frosted Rock Tripe, is a foliose lichen of rock faces.

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  1. (c) 2013 Scot Loring, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=562688&one=T
  2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umbilicaria_americana

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iNat Map

Eversman 1994 description Macrolichens on Montane and Subalpine Rock
Substrate rock