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a juvie Cooper’s Hawk who landed right over my head
Chrysothrix chlorina
It’s so hard to look at something that resembles neon dust and recognize that it is a living organism, but hey, the world’s a strange place. This particular pile of dust is C. chlorina! This growth form of crustose lichen is referred to as leprose or granular. Bright lemon-yellow soredia form an irregularly compact layer on rock surfaces, and can appear course or wooly depending on granule size and density. These irregular granules are easily removed, which allows this lichen to spread and colonize new areas. This lichen has an algal photobiont, and contains calycin and vulpinic acid. C. chlorina is widespread and common worldwide, and prefers to colonizes cracks or overhangs in siliceous rocks in humid habitats. It can be confused with C. candelaris, but the latter typically colonizes bark. C. chlorina can cover very large swathes of rock, and is pretty conspicuous and recognizable, and I am guessing at least some of you are looking at these images going “Oh, that’s what that’s called. I recognize that!” So next time you spot this pal out in the wild, I hope you give her my love, and some of your own as well.
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