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Section, Physcia aipolia
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Section, Lobaria oregana 1
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Section, Lobaria oregana 2
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Section, Lobaria pulmonaria
The dark lump on the left is a cephalodium: the green structure shaped like a crown is a soralium, with little balls of soredia, each one with a few cells of algae.
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Section, Nephroma arcticum
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Section of an endolithic lichen, probably Lecidea laboriosa, on sandstone
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Cyphellae, Sticta limbata
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Cyphellae, Sticta sp.
(originally designated Sticta weigelii; from Olympic National Park, Washington)
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Lobules, Lobaria tenuis
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Maculae, Parmotrema reticulatum
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Pruina, Physconia detersa
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Pseudocyphellae, Lobaria anthraspis
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Pseudocyphellae, Pseudocyphellaria crocata
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Pseudocyphellum, Bryoria fremontii
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Cilia of Leptochidium albociliatum
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Scabrose surface of Peltigera scabrosa
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Tomentum, Peltigera rufescens
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Lower surface of Lobaria scrobiculata
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Yellow medulla of Myelochroa aurulenta


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