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Flavoparmelia caperata ("common greenshield lichen") on an old wooden fence, Berkeley, California. The Tarahumar of northern Mexico used powdered Flavoparmelia caperata to treat burns.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Photograph copyright Stephen/Sylvia Sharnoff