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Pale branching lichen on a low rock

A pale, branching lichen forms a small tuft above moss and low plants. Cladonia is a tentative genus candidate.
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A pale, branching lichen forms a small tuft above moss and low plants. Cladonia is a tentative genus candidate. Possible identification: Stereocaulon.

Album Fungi, moss and forest textures, Fungi and lichens up close, The mossy highlands

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