Letchworth State Park, NY
First I’ve seen this year.
Slide Mountain, Slide Mountain Wilderness, Catskill Forest Preserve, Ulster County, NY, on the rock face at the summit of Slide Mountain.
SL3-1128
A World Map showing 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=53284
The CNALH Home page for this lichen with descriptions and additional photos can be found here:
https://lichenportal.org/portal/taxa/index.php?taxon=53284&clid=1076
Slide Mountain, Slide Mountain Wilderness, Catskill Forest Preserve, Ulster County, NY,
A sample of this lichen was collected under a special permit from the New York State DEC (Department of Environmental Conservation) and sent to the New York Botanical Garden in New York City. It was identified by Dr. James C. Lendemer as:
Flavoparmelia caperata (L.) Hale
and retained in the Steere Herbarium. Sample SL3-1050, catalogNumber 03817383
This actual identified and retained sample can be located here:
https://lichenportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=3524070&clid=0
A World Map showing 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=54388
The CNALH Home page for this lichen with descriptions and additional photos can be found here:
https://lichenportal.org/portal/taxa/index.php?tid=54388