Bushy Beard Lichen (Usnea strigosa) growing on the side of a wooden fence post.

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Size: 3965px × 2643px
Location: Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, TN, United States
Photo credit: © Clarence Holmes Wildlife / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: america, american, ascomycota, beard, bushy, close, close-, fungi, fungus, lecanorales, lecanoromycetes, lecanoromycetidae, lichen, lichenized, lichens, macro, nature, north, parmeliaceae, sac, states, strigosa, united, usa, usnea, wildlife