Gold cobblestone lichen

Panum Crater, Mono Lake, CA.
It is a bright lemon-yellow lichen that grows in high elevations (montane to alpine) on vertical or overhanging hard felsic rock (e.g. granite) in western North America. Its thallus grows in a circular outwardly radiating pattern, with 1mm wide lobed edges.
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/1172136005

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englishindiangirl

Lion

Nice! Is the brown patch in the corner of a different type, or is it just old gold cobblestone? Posted 8 years ago
1. Patomarazul
  
  Lion
  
  No idea, could be either, I am not an expert to say... :-) Posted 8 years ago

Ruth Spigelman

Lion

Stunning visual with this dynamic colour and texture. Posted 6 years ago
1. Patomarazul
  
  Lion
  
  Thanks! Posted 6 years ago

The Gold cobblestone lichen

''Pleopsidium flavum'' is a distinctively colored, bright lemon-yellow to chartreuse crustose lichen that grows in high elevations on vertical or overhanging hard felsic rock in western North America.:186 Its thallus grows in a circular outwardly radiating pattern , with 1mm wide lobed edges.:186 It was formerly classified as ''Acaraspora chlorophana''.:186 It is in the ''Pleopsidium'' genus of the Acarosporaceae family.

It is similar to ''Acarospora schleicheri'', which grows on soil.. more

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Similar species: Acarosporales

Species identified by Patomarazul