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Old 19-03-2008, 01:01 PM posted to alt.binaries.pictures.nature,rec.gardens,sci.misc
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Default PHOTO OF THE WEEK, Lichen
I am having trouble identifying this one.

It looks like Xanthoria fallax but my book calls this Orange Tree Lichen
and it is growing on a large rock. It looks less like X. elegans which
does grow on rocks.

js

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