#myriolecis

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Myriolecis juniperina 

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Myriolecis albescens (syn. Polyozosia albescens, Lecanora albescens)

This crustose lichen has a white, chalky, areolate thallus covered in apothecia. These apothecia are 0.4-1.7 mm in diameter, and have thick margins and chalky discs that vary in color from yellow, pinkish, or tan. M. albescens is nitrophilic and pollution tolerant, and can be found growing on base-rich rock, walls, roof tiles, concrete, and even painted wood. So keep an eye out for this little guy in a neighborhood near you!

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Polyozosia sambuci (syn. Myriolecis sambuci)

This crustose lichen has an immersed (endosubstratic) or thin, pale gray thallus growing on the surface (episubstratic) of soft-barked, deciduous twigs. It produces lecanorine (saucer-shaped) apothecia with brown, flat to convex discs. These apothecia are often coated in a thin layer of chalky pruina. It is tolerant of nutrification and dust on urban and forest-edge trees--particularly Populus and Sambucus. P. sambuci is native to the northern hemisphere, but its entire range is uncertain as it is easily overlooked. This unassuming lichen has gone through a number of name changes in the last few decades, which is just to say that you can remake yourself as many times as you want in the endeavor of finding whatever identity feels best for you.

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Finding Myriolecis zosterae (Lecanora)

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#2476 - Myriolecis sp. - Rim Lichens

A genus of lichens in the Lecanoraceae. Usually pale grey with raised rims, growing on rocks.

Hāwera, Taranaki, New Zealand