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Placidium tuckermanii (syn. Catapyrenium tuckermanii, English name,"tree stipplescale") on mossy bark at the base of a tree, Arkansas. It was photographed while it was damp; when dry it is tan rather than green.

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Photograph copyright Stephen/Sylvia Sharnoff