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Rock Candy

Botryolepraria lesdainii

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 92, February 68, March 106, April 167, May 241, June 263, July 281, August 242, September 178, October 133, November 72, December 57.
United States2,226
Alaska1,899
New York45
Canada40
North Carolina37
Pennsylvania35
Tennessee32
Ontario29
Missouri26
Virginia17

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

Classification

KingdomFungi Including Lichens · Fungi
PhylumAscomycete Fungi · Ascomycota
ClassEurotiomycetes
OrderVerrucariales
FamilyVerrucariaceae
GenusBotryolepraria

Sources

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