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Cinder Map Lichen

Rhizocarpon viridiatrum

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10 photos

Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

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Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 23, February 17, March 26, April 41, May 60, June 65, July 70, August 60, September 44, October 33, November 18, December 14.
United States490
Alaska470
Canada24
Arizona11
British Columbia11
Saskatchewan8
Washington7
Ukraine6
Kirovohrad Oblast6
Nunavut5

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

Classification

KingdomFungi Including Lichens · Fungi
PhylumAscomycete Fungi · Ascomycota
ClassCommon Lichens · Lecanoromycetes
OrderRhizocarpales
FamilyRhizocarpaceae
GenusMap Lichens · Rhizocarpon

Sources

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Practise Cinder Map Lichen with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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