Lichen hunting in Slovakia!
Our good friends in Slovakia invited us to a week of lichen hunting in the Tatra mountains. What a wonderful oppotunity to get to know a fascinating part of Europe, collect material for various projects, and further develop friendship!
But first, a little pre-excursion to Vienna. The central part of the city is a lichen desert, only Phaeophyscia orbicularis and Xanthoria parietina were seen. But at the Belvedere pallas, we saw something really interesting: Xanthoria parieting starting out as a 'Jugendparasit' on Physcia dubia. This has been reported before, but very rarely - and we have only seen X. polycarpa acting like this in Scandinavia.
WOW! Glem ikke å se etter Xanthoria calcicola!
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