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Tube Lichen - Hypogymnia species

This lichen’s stiff, erect tubes provide the common name, tube lichen. The genus Hypogymnia has many species. This one has a silvery-gray top and black underside. This clump is large by lichen standards. Surrounding it appears to be some Usnea and Platismatia, genera with many species in our area.

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This lichen’s stiff, erect tubes provide the common name, tube lichen. The genus Hypogymnia has many species. This one has a silvery-gray top and black underside. This clump is large by lichen standards. Surrounding it appears to be some Usnea and Platismatia, genera with many species in our area.