Xanthoria parietina with missing thallus (orange lichen) thrives on granite fertilized by bird droppings, west coast of Sweden
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Location: Vasholmarna, Bohuslan, Sweden
Photo credit: © Linda Reinink-Smith / Alamy / Afripics
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