Not collected or chemically tested, just admired on an outcrop of Eagle Hill's yellow trail, with @mohale and @benkendrick
Specimen #639. Collected with permission from the Water Supply Division of the MA Department of Conservation and Recreation. On stump in part sun.
Specimen #655. Collected with permission from the Water Supply Division of the MA Department of Conservation and Recreation. On earth bank in shade.
Specimen #611. Collected with permission from MassWildlife. On tree tip-up root ball in stream.
Specimen #625. Collected with permission of The Trustees of Reservations. On boulder in sun.
Specimen #439. Collected with permission from the Water Supply Division of the MA Dept. of Conservation and Recreation. At base of old deciduous tree in shade.
Located on open thin sandy soil over rock along paths to Sunset Rocks, Taconic State Park, Copake, NY.
A sample of this lichen was collected under special permit from the OPRHP, New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation, and sent to the New York Botanical garden in NYC. It was identified by Dr. James C. Lendemer as:
Cetraria arenaria Kärnefelt
and retained in the Steere Herbarium. Sample SSR1001, catalogNumber 04000607
This actual identified and retained sample can be located here:
https://lichenportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=3584116&clid=0
A World Map showing this sample, and other known CNALH Sample locations, can be found here. Scroll into the map for closer range:
https://lichenportal.org/portal/collections/map/googlemap.php?usethes=1&taxa=54352
The CNALH Home page for this lichen with descriptions and additional photos can be found here:
https://lichenportal.org/portal/taxa/index.php?tid=54352
Located on open thin sandy soil over rock along paths to Sunset Rocks, Taconic State Park, Copake, NY.
A World Map showing this sample, and other known CNALH Sample locations, can be found here. Scroll into the map for closer range:
https://lichenportal.org/portal/collections/map/googlemap.php?usethes=1&taxa=53496
The CNALH Home page for this lichen with descriptions and additional photos can be found here:
https://lichenportal.org/portal/taxa/index.php?taxon=53496&clid=1048