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Gray Witch's Hair

Gowardia nigricans

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist. — (c) blainespellman, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.

United States	1,080
Alaska	1,077
Canada	395
Northwest Territories	57
Yukon	45
British Columbia	36
Newfoundland and Labrador	34
Quebec	33
New Zealand	10
Manitoba	9

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

Classification

Kingdom	Fungi Including Lichens · Fungi
Phylum	Ascomycete Fungi · Ascomycota
Class	Common Lichens · Lecanoromycetes
Order	shield lichens, rim lichens, and allies · Lecanorales
Family	shield lichens and allies · Parmeliaceae
Genus	Gowardia

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Fungi of Kootenay National Park, British Columbia, Canada

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Sources

Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
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