Lecidea lactea

Fig. 15.3. Crustose lichen Lecidea lactea growing on dunite, a rock composed of the silicate olivine ((Mg, Fe)2Si04). Note dark stain (arrowed) below lichen representing amorphous silica coated in iron produced by lichen weathering (Purvis, 2000).

Certain lichens (Acarospora smaragdula, Lecidea lactea, Lecidella bullata, Tephromela testaceoatra) from cupriferous substrata form complexes of copper with norstictic acid (367) (593) and psoromic acid (368) (594). 

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See also in sourсe #XX -- [ ]

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