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"Volcano lichen", or Coccotrema maritimum, Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia. This lichen can form conspicuous bands along shoreline rocks in the Northwest. (Click for photo of shoreline lichen zonation.)

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Photograph copyright Stephen/Sylvia Sharnoff