Hydropunctaria maura

id: hydropunctaria-maura-279-3463141
title: Hydropunctaria maura
text: Hydropunctaria maura, still often called by the older name Verrucaria maura and commonly known as tar lichen, is a species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling), crustose lichen belonging to the family Verrucariaceae. A perennial species that does not experience seasonal variations, it is the type species of the genus Hydropunctaria. The medulla is a black basal layer that forms columns to the upper surface and isolates the algae into pockets near the upper surface. The black band formed by H. maura can
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description: Species of lichen
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydropunctaria_maura
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date modified: 2024-01-01T19:03:57Z
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image: {"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/Verrucaria_maura_Kergulan_2008-01-29_13.jpg","width":1770,"height":1353}
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