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Montanelia saximontana

Montanelia saximontana is a species of foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. It is characterized by its olive-brown, leafy growth form with powdery reproductive structures (soredia) and a black underside. The species grows on rocks and occasionally on tree bark across western North America, from British Columbia south to Arizona. Originally described from specimens collected in Colorado in 1962, it was transferred to its current genus in 2016 based on DNA evidence. It is closely related...

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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 532136.