Bullseye Lichen
This beautiful teal-green bullseye lichen was found growing in the Oak Creek Wildlife Recreation Area just west of Yakima, Washington. If you look closely, you can see the small fleshy fruiting bodies in the center of each lichen that will eventually release its spores to propagate the next generation. This region of the Pacific Northwest is very dry and rocky, and most of the basalt surfaces are covered in multiple types of lichen.
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- © 2014
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Agyriaceae, Agyriales, Ascomycota, Lecanora gelida, Lecanoromycetes, Naches, Oak Creek, Oak Creek State Wildlife Area, PNW, Pacific NW, Pacific Northwest, Placopsis, Placopsis gelida, Spring, State Wildlife Area, Washington, Yakima, Yakima County, background, blue, botanical, bull's eye, bullseye, crustose, desert, environment, fungi, fungus, gray, green, lichen, lichenous, light, mountain, native, natural, nature, rock, stone, teal
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- Dust & Crust Lichens
