Life in Newburgh on Ythan

By Talpa

Half mushroom

A pretty lichen growing on a sand-dune based heath. I'm not sure which one. I'm thinking the dog lichen Peltigera canina  or perhaps P. didactyla, but  I'm no expert.

What I do know is that lichens are symbiotic mixtures of a fungus and a green alga or a cyanobacterium; so this is half mushroom!

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