Coccotrema maritimum
Getting into lichens has been such good exposure therapy for my trypophobia. Five years ago, I wouldn't have been able to look at this little guy for long. But now, after years of staring at lichen apothecia of all sizes and colors and levels of hole-ish-ness, this little guy instead appears quite charming. C. maritimum is a crustose, saxicolous lichen native to the pacific coast of Canada and Alaska. Its habitat is restricted to the salt-spray zone of costal rocks, and while its range is limited, its abundance in that narrow habitat niche can be unprecedented in the right conditions:
See that white band just below the vegetation zone? That's ALL Coccotrema! Can you believe that? Just the perfect mix of sea-salt deposition, rock chemistry, and light availability. This little guy can be recognized by its thick, whitish-gray to creamy-pink thallus dotted with pinkish-brown cephalodia and verrucose apothecia.
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