Foliose lichen

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A foliose lichen probably Umbilicaria hirsuta growing on rock northern New Jersey Lichens are a symbiotic association between a fungus and a photosynthesizing alga or cyanobacterium

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Size: 5154px × 3450px
Location: northern new jersey
Photo credit: © Martin Shields / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: attached, autotroph, brown, ecological, ecology, foliose, fungus, hirsuta, interdependent, interrelated, leafy, lichen, lichens, mutualism, mutualistic, mycobiont, organisms, photobiont, pioneer, primary, relationship, rock, species, succession, symbiosis, symbiotic, umbilicaria