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Lake Tahoe Trip #2

Colorful Rock Lichens Growing On Vertical Cliffs Of
Limestone In The White Mountains Of California

Red Caloplaca trachyphylla and lemon-yellow Pleopsidium (Acarospora)
chlorophanum. P. chlorophanum is similar to the closely related P. flavum.

Red Caloplaca trachyphylla and lemon-yellow Pleopsidium (Acarospora)
chlorophanum. P. chlorophanum is similar to the closely related P. flavum.

Red Caloplaca trachyphylla and lemon-yellow Pleopsidium (Acarospora)
chlorophanum. P. chlorophanum is similar to the closely related P. flavum.

Another crustose rock lichen growing on limestone: Lecidea tessellata.

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