Lowland forest - Lichens

Rough Speckled Shield Lichen

Order Lecanorales
Family Parmeliaceae
Genus Punctelia
Species P. rudecta

Characteristics
Foliose dark greenish-gray to almost blue-gray speckled lobes with a pale tan lower surface.

Foliose:lichens looklike leady growths divided by lobes. The lower surface is distinct and often differently coloured from the upper cortex.

Adaptations: Lives on rocks, mosses or bark, most commonly of cedar and deciduous trees