Tuckermannopsis orbata (Nyl.) M.J. Lai
Variable wrinkle-lichen, tuckermannopsis lichen
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5/14/2010 · Beaver Brook Conservation Area, Hollis, New Hampshire · ≈ 7 × 4½″ (17 × 11 cm) 
1/1/2012 · Big Tree Trail • Tudor Richards Natural History and Forest Trail, Hollis, New Hampshire · ≈ 7 × 5″ (16 × 12 cm) 
5/14/2010 · Beaver Brook Conservation Area, Hollis, New Hampshire · ≈ 5 × 3½″ (13 × 9.2 cm) 
A Photoshop composite of five separately focused images. · 4/17/2010 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Groton Center, Groton, Massachusetts
ID is dubious 
1/1/2012 · Tudor Richards Natural History and Forest Trail, Hollis, New Hampshire · ≈ 11 × 7″ (27 × 18 cm) 
4/11/2013 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Groton Center, Groton, Massachusetts · ≈ 5 × 3½″ (13 × 9.2 cm) 
A composite of 9 separately focused images. · 4/17/2010 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Groton Center, Groton, Massachusetts
ID is uncertain 
5/13/2016 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Groton Center, Groton, Massachusetts 
1/1/2012 · Tudor Richards Natural History and Forest Trail, Hollis, New Hampshire · ≈ 11 × 7″ (27 × 18 cm) 
4/7/2010 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Groton, Massachusetts · ≈ 7 × 4½″ (17 × 11 cm) 
4/11/2013 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Groton Center, Groton, Massachusetts · ≈ 5 × 3½″ (13 × 9.2 cm) 
Seven separately focused images were combined in PhotoShop. · 4/17/2010 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Groton Center, Groton, Massachusetts
ID is uncertain 
5/5/2016 · Wildflower Trail, Beaver Brook Conservation Area, Hollis, New Hampshire 
| Kingdom | Fungi | Mushrooms, lichens, gel fungi, yeasts, and molds; also called eukaryotes |
| Division | Ascomycota | Sac fungi |
| Subdivision | Pezizomycotina | Sac fungi with filaments |
| Class | Lecanoromycetes | “Lichenized” fungi |
| Order | Lecanorales | Mostly lichen-forming fungi |
| Suborder | Lecanorineae | Lichens |
| Family | Parmeliaceae | Includes many common lichens such as Xanthoparamelia, Usnea, Parmotrema, and Hypotrachyna |
| Genus | Tuckermannopsis | Probably honors the American lichenologist Edward Tuckerman (1817–1886) |
| Species | orbata | From Latin orbata, ”bereaved, deprived of“ |
Tuckermannopsis orbata description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.
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