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Seaside Centipede Lichen
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Seaside Centipede Lichen

Heterodermia sitchensis

Heterodermia sitchensis is a species of foliose lichen, first described by Trevor Goward and Wila Noble in 1985. The name sitchensis, meaning "from Sitka", reflects its exclusive dependence on Sitka spruce twigs, since it is found on no other tree species.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 221327.