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Fishnet Lichen - Ramalina menziesii

The fibers hung down, draping like long strands of hair. Except a few were flat and broad, like a flattened pencil. Little side branches came off the long outer strands, running across openings and connecting to other vertical ones. Behind that net were long, thin threads. My eyes were inches from a fishnet lichen, Ramalina menziesii. I’d come to Rosario Head hoping to find this species, one not often discovered in the Pacific Northwest.

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The fibers hung down, draping like long strands of hair. Except a few were flat and broad, like a flattened pencil. Little side branches came off the long outer strands, running across openings and connecting to other vertical ones. Behind that net were long, thin threads. My eyes were inches from a fishnet lichen, Ramalina menziesii. I’d come to Rosario Head hoping to find this species, one not often discovered in the Pacific Northwest.