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Pelt Lichen - Peltigera sp.

A large, multiple-lobed Pelt Lichen leaves rose from the middle of a moss clump. The top of each lobe had orange football-shaped apothecia on them. A couple of the apothecia were cracked open like a chopped watermelon. Others must be close to ripe and ready to release their spores. These lichens remind me of the movie “The Blob,” about a carnivorous amoeboidal alien that invades Earth. I’ve often wondered if these Pelt Lichens will reach out and grab one of us as we pass.

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Bryophytes - Deception Pass State Park
A large, multiple-lobed Pelt Lichen leaves rose from the middle of a moss clump. The top of each lobe had orange football-shaped apothecia on them. A couple of the apothecia were cracked open like a chopped watermelon. Others must be close to ripe and ready to release their spores. These lichens remind me of the movie “The Blob,” about a carnivorous amoeboidal alien that invades Earth. I’ve often wondered if these Pelt Lichens will reach out and grab one of us as we pass.