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Lichen - Flavoparmelia caperata
Also known as - Yellow Scale, Shore Lichen

Many thanks to Kay Newbury at Reading University for the identification of this Lichen species - Flavoparmelia caperata - A "leafy" lichen growing on bark that has a distinctive apple-green colour. The centre of the thallus is dull due to a covering of granular soriedia.

Basic species description for Lichens.

A medium to large foliose lichen with a pale yellow green upper cortex when dry. The rounded lobes 3-8mm (0.11-0.32in) wide, typically have granular soriedia patches rising from pustules. The thallus lobes can be smooth, but often have a wrinkled appearance usually on older specimens. Lower surface black with a brown margin, lower surface rhizines are black and unbranched.

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