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 Pseudocyphellaria rainierensis, the "oldgrowth specklebelly", on a Douglas-fir trunk, southwestern Washington. This lichen is found only in the few patches of remaining old-growth forest in the Pacific Northwest. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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| Photograph copyright Stephen/Sylvia Sharnoff | |