Tree Pelt Lichen

Medium-sized thallus; gray to dark brown. Upper surface smooth with bluish-gray soredia usually covering lobe margins; lower surface pale with small raised veins and tufted rhizines. Apothecia are reddish brown when present. Contains cyanobacteria. In humid forests on conifers and hardwoods.

Alaska species lichens Tree Pelt Lichen

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