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Common Greenshield Lichen
Common Greenshield Lichen
Flavoparmelia caperata
Fungi
COMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Decades
Size
Medium
Diet
Decomposer
Biome
Temperate forest
Range
Worldwide
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Spores
Defense
Toxins
Status
Common

About

A leafy foliose lichen that drapes tree bark and rocks in a wrinkled gray-green crust, it is so sensitive to sulfur dioxide that its presence or absence is used as a living gauge of local air quality.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    spore
    A microscopic spore drifts on air or water and germinates where moisture and substrate meet.
  2. 2.
    mycelium
    A thread-like mycelium spreads through the substrate, breaking it down into nutrients.
  3. 3.
    fruiting body
    A mature fruiting body emerges to release the next generation of spores.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Ascomycota
Class
Lecanoromycetes
Order
Lecanorales
Family
Parmeliaceae
Genus
Flavoparmelia
Species
Flavoparmelia caperata