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Parmelia pinnatifida
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Parmelia pinnatifida

Parmelia pinnatifida is a species of foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae, first recognised as a distinct species in 1976. Originally classified as a variety of P. omphalodes in 1803, it is characterised by its small, circular body (thallus) with narrow, highly branched, overlapping lobes, and its grey to brown upper surface contrasting with a black underside. While its status as a separate species has been debated, modern genetic studies support this classification, though some uncertainty remains....

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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 463661.