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Cetradonia linearis ("rock gnome lichen") on a wet rockface in Tennessee. This is one of two lichen species on the U.S. Endangered Species List, and it should never be collected. It only grows on a few wet cliffs in the Appalachian region.

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Photograph copyright Stephen/Sylvia Sharnoff