Teloschistes chrysophthalmus, golden-eye lichen, is very common pretty much everywhere, but especial
Teloschistes chrysophthalmus, golden-eye lichen, is very common pretty much everywhere, but especially on trees in the Midwest, like this honey locust in Boone County, Iowa. Midwestern specimens often lack the telltale cilia around the apothecia.Lichens aren’t plants, but instead a symbiotic relationship between a fungus and green algae or a cyanobacterium. In some cases, there are multiple fungi involved! -- source link
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