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Devil's Matchstick This is fortunately one of the more distinctive species of lichens, so can be identified without a microscope. I love the colorful common name, though the match sticks that I'm accustomed to were almost always red :) Geotagged,Pilophorus acicularis,United States,Winter Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Devil's Matchstick

This is fortunately one of the more distinctive species of lichens, so can be identified without a microscope. I love the colorful common name, though the match sticks that I'm accustomed to were almost always red :)

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The Devil's matchstick

''Pilophorus acicularis'', commonly known as the nail lichen or the devil's matchstick, is a species of lichen in the Cladoniaceae family.

''P. aciculare'' has both crustose and fruticose thallus body parts. The lichen starts out as a granular crust on the rock surface, and develops fruticose stalks, or ''pseudopodetia'', up to 3 cm tall and about 1 mm thick that have rounded black apothecia at the tips. The stalks are erect and curved so as to appeared combed. It grows directly on.. more

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Similar species: Lecanorales
Species identified by morpheme
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Uploaded Mar 10, 2015. Captured Mar 8, 2015 15:02 in Olympic National Forest, National Forest Development Road 2258, Quinault, WA 98575, USA.
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  • X-E1
  • f/1.0
  • 1/60s
  • ISO400
  • 50mm
Captured in the winter. More winter photos.