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Rare lichen unique to Florida discovered in museum collections, may be extinct

Scientists have found a new species of fleshy verdigris lichen, thanks to DNA analysis of museum specimens. Misidentified by its original collectors, the lichen is only known fr…
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This rare lichen unique to Florida discovered in museum collections, may be extinct. Researchers are holding out hope that C. timucua may persist in undisturbed pockets of the state’s dwindling pine scrub habitat, though recent searches came up empty. #UFResearchNews #FloridaMuseum #Herbarium

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This rare lichen unique to Florida discovered in museum collections, may be extinct. Researchers are holding out hope that C. timucua may persist in undisturbed pockets of the state’s dwindling pine scrub habitat, though recent searches came up empty. #UFResearchNews #FloridaMuseum #Herbarium

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