Crinkled Snow Lichen

The Crinkled Snow Lichen (Flavocetraria nivalis) is not as numerous as the Reindeer lichen on the Canadian Shield rocks at the Prospector Trail, Fred Henne Territorial Park, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada.

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Ferdy Christant

Lion

Really cool species intro! I regularly look at this page in awe, lichen can be so beautiful:
https://www.jungledragon.com/wildlife/photos/fungi/ascomycota/lecanoromycetes Posted 5 years ago
1. Greg Shchepanek
  
  Lion
  
  Thank you so very much Ferdy Posted 5 years ago

The Crinkled Snow Lichen

Life habit: lichenized (mutualistic with algal photobionts) thallus: fruticose (fruticous), shrub-like, beard-like. Upper surface: yellowish-green, greenish-white, yellow-white (ivory, off-white, cream-colored). Marginal and upper surface-specific structures: absent. Morphological substructures (eg areoles, lobes, branches) upper surface: smooth, plane, Ascomata: absent. Secondary metabolites: present, protolichesterinic acid, usnic acid. Primary photobiont: chlorophytaceous, trebouxiaceous, chlorococcoid... more

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Similar species: Lecanorales

Species identified by Greg Shchepanek