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Parmelia saxatilis  (L.) ACH.

Fam.: Lecanorales / Lichens

Genus:  Parmelia  ACH.

Authors:
	L.:		Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
	ACH.:		Erik Acharius (1757 - 1819), Swedish physician and botanist

Etymology:
	Parmelia:		small round buckler (fruit bearing)
	saxatilis:		growing in rocks

Fig. 1:  Parmelia saxatilis / Shield Lichen (on sand stone) D Bad Dürkheim 11.10.2009

Fig. 2:  Parmelia saxatilis / Shield Lichen (on sand stone) D Bad Dürkheim 11.10.2009

Fig. 3:  Parmelia saxatilis / Shield Lichen (on sand stone) D Bad Dürkheim 11.10.2009

Fig. 4:  Parmelia saxatilis / Shield Lichen (another site ; on sand stone) D Bad Dürkheim 15.1.2022

Fig. 5:  Parmelia saxatilis / Shield Lichen (on Rhyolith) D Dossenheim 28.9.2018

Fig. 6:  Parmelia saxatilis / Shield Lichen (on Rhyolith) D Dossenheim 28.9.2018

Fig. 7:  Parmelia saxatilis / Shield Lichen (on Rhyolith) D Dossenheim 28.9.2018

Fig. 8:  Parmelia saxatilis / Shield Lichen (on Rhyolith) D Dossenheim 28.9.2018

Fig. 9:  Parmelia saxatilis ? / Shield Lichen S Västerås Ängsö 29.8.2010

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