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Dermatocarpon americanum
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Dermatocarpon americanum

Dermatocarpon americanum (American stippleback lichen) is a silvery-gray, leafy (foliose) lichen with black dots that is common on near seeps in rock faces from southwestern North American deserts to coastal areas.:39 It has a silvery-dusty looking coating. It is common in deserts on vertical rock surfaces that are partially shade protected near seepages.

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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 337945.