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[Punctelia sp.]

Punctelia sp.
Brazil, photo kindly provided by Adriano Spielmann.
A genus of foliose lichens with rounded pseudocyphellae on the upper side. It occurs mainly on trees in the mountains, often on disturbed places, along roads or in gardens.

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