CA, Southern California, 20080926
Los Angeles Crest, lichens.
Stopped at one spot about half a mile or a little more from Red Box on the Angeles Crest. Is suppose this is best described as the lower slopes of Strawberry Peak?
Umbilicaria phaea []
Dermatocarpon amreicanum
Candelariella (mounded yellow thallus)
Caloplaca (scattered orange areoles)
Pleopsidium (yellow, following cracks)
Xanthoparmelia (fertile)
Xanthoparmelia (isidiate)
Melanelia glabra (smooth, on rock)
gray lumpy fertile crust on moss
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These were on the cement posts at Red Box, all very poorly-developed: