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Reindeer Lichen filed

The mat of lichens and mosses growing over this large bolder obscured even a dime-sized piece of the rock. For the last five minutes, I’d been studying this clump, trying to see the details and understand why it had grabbed my full attention. Light whitish-green reindeer lichen stuck out among the dark green moss. Some of the moss was a haircap species, but I could tell the species at this distance. Other mosses were there, too, but the lichen had my attention.

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Bryophytes - Deception Pass State Park
The mat of lichens and mosses growing over this large bolder obscured even a dime-sized piece of the rock. For the last five minutes, I’d been studying this clump, trying to see the details and understand why it had grabbed my full attention. Light whitish-green reindeer lichen stuck out among the dark green moss. Some of the moss was a haircap species, but I could tell the species at this distance. Other mosses were there, too, but the lichen had my attention.