Gold-eye lichen (Teloschistes chrysophthalmus)

Gold-eye lichen (Teloschistes chrysophthalmus)

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Gold-eye lichen (Teloschistes chrysophthalmus) is a fruticose lichen with branching lobes. Their sexual structures, apothecia, are bright-orange with spiny projections (cilia) situated around the rim. Photo by docent Perry McCarty.
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