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Quaker Cove, Big Indian Wilderness, Catskill Forest Preserve, Ulster County, NY

A sample of this lichen was collected under a special permit from the New York State DEC (Department of Environmental Conservation) and sent to the New York Botanical Garden in New York City. It was identified by Dr. James C. Lendemer as:
Evernia mesomorpha Nyl.

and retained in the Steere Herbarium. Sample QC-1046, catalogNumber 04275371

This actual identified and retained sample can be located here:
https://lichenportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=4987554&clid=0

A World Map showing other known CNALH Sample locations, can be found here. Scroll into the map for closer range:
https://lichenportal.org/portal/collections/map/leafletmap.php?usethes=1&taxa=54376

The CNALH Home page for this lichen with descriptions and additional photos can be found here:
https://lichenportal.org/portal/taxa/index.php?tid=54376