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Membranous Dog-lichen fruiting bodies More spore creating bodies on a lichen - but it's thought that lichens spread more through breakage of the body, because only the fungal portion of the organism can spore and it would have to find and acquire it's algal symbiont to become a lichen. Geotagged,Peltigera membranacea,United States Click/tap to enlarge

Membranous Dog-lichen fruiting bodies

More spore creating bodies on a lichen - but it's thought that lichens spread more through breakage of the body, because only the fungal portion of the organism can spore and it would have to find and acquire it's algal symbiont to become a lichen.

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    Claire Hamilton
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    Weird, looks like it has legs! Added to my weird list! Posted 10 years ago

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The Membranous Pelt Lichen

''Peltigera membranacea'' is a species of lichenized fungus in the family Peltigeraceae. It has a foliose growth pattern, with what appear to be veins in the leaf-like parts, but these do not have a vascular function.

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Similar species: Peltigerales
Species identified by morpheme
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Uploaded Oct 31, 2014. Captured Oct 30, 2014 15:04 in 15400-15460 Kiket Island Road, La Conner, WA 98257, USA.
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  • ISO1250
  • 50mm
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