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Blue Felt Lichen
Pectenia plumbea
Degelia plumbea (also called blue felt lichen) is a species of grey to blue-black or brown foliose lichen in the family Degelia. It mostly grows on trees in undisturbed woodlands but occasionally on coastal rocks. It is found widely in Britain and western Ireland as well as in America and Canada, as it grows in maritime Atlantic climates.
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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 823668.